Vue 4 flips the V coordinates for textures of .obj files so this may be happening in Vue 3 as well. This may be the case if you're not getting any error msgs. with the import (i.e. if the texture files are with the .obj file). The result (in Vue4) is that the texture is applied, but upside down and reversed. Sometimes no texture is visible (depending on the map). One solution is to flip and mirror the texture(s) another solution is to load the .obj file into UVmapper(Pro) then save it (to a new file name) and in the Object Export Options dialog, check Flip Texture (UV) Coordinates Vertically and uncheck Export Normals and check Export Using Rotation Settings. The textures should appear correctly. maps

Hi stella, The short answer would be to try exporting the object out to a .dfx and/or .3ds format and then import the dxf or 3ds object into Vue. Depending on how well the export filters translate the geometry from Lightwave, one of those should import into Vue correctly. The long answer is that Vue, like Poser, doesn't like holes in the geometry -- the .obj format doesn't support "holes" in the geometry made from boolean subtraction or addition. Export filters generally can correctly divide up the face in question and add the polygons needed to translate the hole into a collection of polygons that act like a hole. If the dxf or 3ds object comes into Vue correctly, load that object into Lightwave and look at the geometry and you'll see how it's been changed. However, depending on the complexity of the geometry, the export filter may not translate the geometry correctly and you'll need to go back and alter the geometry to work better with the export filter(s). If Lightwave has a function that can triangulate the geometry (break up the face with the holes into a group of polygons) then you could try that and see if that object imports into Vue correctly. Vue may still be unable to display the geometry correctly going this route though. Hope that helps. :-) maps