Hi, for those who often want to view their models without starting their program or even more than one program (because of unsupported format) check out this utility: 3dexplorer at www.xdsoft.com/explorer/ features: 3d objects and materials browser Internet Explorer style interface Fullscreen mode Open GL hardware accelerators support Slide show mode Thumbnails Automatically viewpoint configuration Separate object controls History of browsed files Built in export features Copy to Clipboard as BMP Open GL C++ code generation 3D Import It is shareware, but the difference between the registered and unregisterd version is thet the latter one shows up reminders at certain times. Benny