I have Amapi 7 but haven't worked enuff with it to know the full potential. (thanks for the tip). Carrara won't give me the answers I need, but I can extrapolate mathematically, or, in most cases, place a neutral object from point "A" to point "B" and read the virtual size off the object stats and do any scaling, (if needed), from there. Sometimes I wish I was still young enuff to learn as fast as I used to. I'd make better use of some of the apps. on my hard drive. Like to plug myself into the tut's and "Help" files. LOL I appreciate the suggestions and wake-up call on Amapi. Have to use these things mor often.

I got this far a while ago, the client was happy with it. Personally, I think I can do better. http://www.wellspunweb.com/crashtest.html I'll appreciate any feedback from anyone.

I was under the incorrect assumption that physics generators followed natural physics laws. But then, I'm no programmer. Thank you everyone for the education. The only reason, Brian, for trying to use physics, is in predicting a result rather than creating one. But, creating a result is o.k. for most situations. Dean

thanks to you all for your suggestions. Morphing all of the componants of an automobile may be a long process, but I think it will get the results I'm looking for. When I'm done, maybe I'll post a piece of it in the animation outlet. Just promise not to laugh, I'm still learning.