Yes, you are right, PickersAngel. In general, I make a point to put all my models into the latest version of *.3ds format, so that they have the widest potential application. In this particular case, a good fellow - new to 3d - inadvertantly purchased my 56-piece Deck Kit in *.3ds format, without understanding that it would not be importable to DS. I was not familiar with DS either, so I downloaded a copy , and was trying to work out whether or not these models could be loaded into DS and whether they would be useful here. Despite the Artist Guide, I was stumped, until nimrod89 was kind enough to point me in the right direction. Since then, I've written a file format conversion program that allows all my models ("props") to be converted to *.obj format, so they all can potentially be put into DS. Converting them for use into Poser format is a much more complicated process, and given the multiple component pieces Poser needs, I haven't found a good way to spawn all these components without sometimes creating errors. So, I don't like to do this. Poser will "import" a *.3ds model, anyhow. But, I am reasonably impressed with the DS program. Its seems to be pretty good, and I wish all of you "smooth sailing."