Tempest is right. There are 2 different places to 'save' things. One is the material palette where you can save the material. The other is the object palette and it is found the way Tempest says--click on the create button, the triangle beside it, etc. THEN--do the same thing as you did in the material palette. Go down to user, add and there it is. I often save my figures I bring in from Poser when I have them exactly the way I want them (materials). I can delete them afterwards, but this just assures I don't screw something up while I'm finishing my image. I have a slew of things in my object file, but have transferred a lot to CD just because of space. Now--you can do what you want--you can have a 'new' document and bring in an 'old' object G. You're getting the hang of this, aren't you?!? It just takes time--and there's always something new to learn in Bryce too--I'm STILL just learning the deep materials. Diane B