The problem with the materials is because of the spaces in the material names, ie. "material #1" is not the same in Poser as "material#1". This can be fixed by importing the .3ds file, saving to the props library. Then open the .pp2 in a text editor, and look for the usemtl statements. Remove all the spaces in the material names, save the file, and you will be all good. The next time you bring the prop into Poser from the library, it will work fine. Basically, since Poser can't interpret the spaces in the material names, it creates a new "global" material that overrides all your other material settings. Hope this is the info you were after. co(V)(V)union