(I'm sorry, I meant "export from .DWG as .3ds" not .dxf) good suggestions, as far as it goes. Good to know I can return to using Solids (designing splines in 3D and then edgesurfing them can be a rather hit-or-miss proposition). So thanks for that bit of choice news! The SKS pictured above is a to-scale model of MY SKS, right down to the serial number, with each part measured with caliper and micrometer and drafted independently. XREF assembly of all parts matched up perfectly (+/-.002"). I wish you had more to tell me about what the HELL I am supposed to do in Poser, but *sigh* ok, I'll hit the tutorial stacks... again... for the fifth time. I always FILLET edges whenever possible, chamfer them when not, manually subtract a purpose-built chamfer when the autochamfer fails (which as I am sure you have found, can happen at VERY inconvenient times.) The image here is a hovertank I WAS working on in solids. Now I can start back into it. *grinning*