Having been rapped over the knuckles once, I feel a bit insecure risking it again :) I'm not sure if this will help, but try opening the obj geometry file in a text editor. Find the body part that's causing the problem. Look for the materials used. It may be that when you merged the parts, no material was allocated to one of the merged parts. If so, type in the usemtl... command, save, delete rsr's and try opening again. Good luck Berge