hi ya Sharen and Mike, The work you guys put into those nice things of yours is truly wonderful of you. In Vue, we can pull those parts that need to be the same material into a layer and then add the material to the lot. So not too much more work is needed and sometimes that is a help anyhows because you can pick the materials individually as well. (I worried with the mapping/grouping as well for a while till I got the hang of it. Husband and I both use ACAD)