I haven't had a problem importing either. It really doesn't matter if the object ends with a pz3,3ds,lwo, or obj to me as long as it works. Now if importing pz3 included the animation perhaps it would be useful. The only time I used pz3 in lightwave was to see if it worked and to do animation. It turns out if I save the file as say obj I can open it in all my application and do work on it (morphs, add jewlery and other stuff), pz3 would limit me to working the file in poser or if bryce used it bryce (lightwave does funny things when importing pz3's that make the mesh unstable), and rhino won't open it at all. Of course another file format is always welcomed. The animation aspect would be cool though. Does Vue do the animation? Griggs also sticking with Bryce 5