Quote - I've had to revert to version 3, unfortunately. 3.2 crashed on a large 3DS file

Have you downloaded the 3ds from some place? so I can test to see which is the problem.

Quote - Also, the view by group / material functions didn't seem to work for me; or maybe I misunderstood them.

You must check the "by group" option and then select one group or material from the listbox.

Stupidity also evolves!