Quote - I have an exterior vehicle model all ready completed.  I'm trying to map the textures to it.  Planar view in UVMapper just isn't good enough.

 

I thought you were using 3D studio Max 2013. That's $3500-$4000 software right? Why are you trying to do this with UVmapper, surely Max has more sophisticated UV tools?

Quote - Thanks in advance all, any advice appreciated.

 

Here's my advice: Delete 3DstudioMax and try something affordable like Wings3D or Hexagon. You don't appear to be a 'read-the-manual' kind of guy, so with a more modest toolset I think you'll have a better chance of actually getting the hang of the software in this lifetime, learning what it can do and making the most of its strengths.

Wings is free and very easy to learn, but it is more than capable of making any content you might want in Poser. Max might have way more sophisticated tools and many more options for each operation, but if you don't even know the tools exist or where to find them, how useful are they to you?