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Hi Murph, I have exported Microstation 5.0 DXF's to 3DS quite successfully for some time. All of my work has been 3D stuff (no 2D), and within the obvious limitations, it works well. The obvious limitations being Boolean-operated geometry, trimmed surfaces, etc.. In fact, there is a way to export/import NURBS & other surfaces whereby you can actually re-skin the mesh using the YG's SKIN/SLICE IPAS. You can also apply textures to the re-skinned mesh parametrically. I can't say more about that now, as I am currently contracted to writing a book for another company, whereby this technique is explained for use with their B-Spline modeler. With that program, you can actually export just the *lattice*, and re-skin and map flawlessly in 3DS. See my other posts & uploads regarding this subject, soon. Regards, BILL