yeah, i assumed the obj file would appear in some hierarchy list, or the list of items in the main window - the one with the light and the cube. but there was no listing of any kind, indicating it didn't import. anyway, it rendered the cube real fast. i think it is definitely an useful app. the question will be - how to do certain object files. I know that in old apps, e.g. poser 4, amorphium, ray dream - the obj file hadda be "conditioned" to work in those, in regard to Mac OS 9. if it's possible, and the poser obj file has less than 16 material zones, I'm hoping there's some UVMapping room in blender that has got a function to allow user to split the object along a seam of choice, with unwrapping of the U and V co-ordinates. the next things to try are what halo said, then exporting it outta carrara, then exporting it outta cheetah3d, then my obj conversion script (OS 9 only). it also doesn't open in carrara, excepting as "facet meshes", which is carrara jargon for a non-editable vertex object group.