actually it doesn't seem to quite work like that, because one figure that wont work i checked the cr2, it was named figure 1, and all instances in the cr2 were :1 but when i added that figure as a second figure, or used it first and just brought in a second copy of itself, or any other figure for that matter, it was mangled. i have a hefty system so i dont mind importing a couple figures extra then deleting one or two. actually yesterday it seemed to work fine with only one extra figure; as long as the first one was hunky dory the second, third, and so on would work fine. not sure why one of the figures with the correct cr2 setup worked and one didn't, but for now i have a good workaround. thanks :)