Thanks everyone, especially litst... Very useful board, though :-))))

merci, litst (my French ends here ;-)) I convinced myself again that this forum is the best place for Carrara-related stuff. greetz2all!

yes, first time I made it this way (mixing Particle Emiter & pieces) ok, I'll do it that way, thank you. :-)

ahhmmmmm... don't forget you're talkin' to a newbie... Let's see... I've checked only "Collide with other objects" box. Where is this Collision Detection (excuse me for the stupid question)?

10x, Clint, I tried Physics but still I can't make the pieces to bounce from the meshes around. I applied Physics to the mesh I explode and to the surrounding meshes, but I can't reach the result I want. The pieces just sink/pass through the surrounding meshes. can anyone help? or my english is too bad?

2D to 3D? Try Canoma, it's a good program with (sometimes) incredible results... It's a Metacreations product too. I'm not pretty sure, but I think Adobe now has it. greetz!

thank you a lot! I wondered what is that tool for(btw, 'Eye Dropper' is the exact name')... I even searched all the help files for the string "eye dropper" and how many times do you think I found it? Zero times. So, 10x for the help. Appreciate it. greetz! :-)

Nice! How did u make the Xplosion - they look really nice?

How did u make the Xplosion - they look really nice?