cmd-shift 3 (or 4) on those damned Macs. :-)))

And what Mark described is exactly what I meant. Cheat with a texture.

A long long time ago I had a software (self written) that exchanged every line in an object into a little cylinder and each point into a little sphere. Then you have a perfect "wireframe". Maybe one of the modern modellers can do that as well, worth searching for somethng like that - IF your models are exportable or come from "outside".

One day your ship comes in - but you're at the airport.