ok - When I create a figure and then go to add a character item e.g. a skirt or hair on to the figure, the skirt/hair etc comes in out of alignment - ytran -0.003 ztran 0.021 every time. I've probably screwed up the something, but I've no idea when, where or what I've done and I don't have the time to mess about with this. Thanks for any help forthcoming. S