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Hi Andy, My co-author, Phil Miller, is better at the intricacies of ACAD to 3DS transfer than I am but I'll take a shot. First off, you need nothing extra to transfer ACAD drawings to 3DS. Just save your drawing as a DXF file and load it into 3DS with the DXF button active in the Load Dialog. There are a few rules that you need to follow to ensure success. Things such as organizing drawing layers to correspond to 3DS objects, using closed PLINEs for most shapes, using SOLMESH on your AME models, etc. We have a whole chapter about using ACAD with 3DS in our book "Inside 3D Studio." It's not too tough, especially if you already have some experience with AutoCAD. Steven