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Clint, Thanks for all the info, when I send this I will go and have a look at the VRLI saection, I wasn't really suggesting a high detail DXF to DEM converter I was thinking that perhaps what might be possible is some form of pre processor just for landscapes, as a example consider the following:- First producce some fantastic landscape in Vistapro, exprot a section of landscape to 3DS as DXF and create some fantastic building e.g castle/spaceport or whatever, Ok I can now render the construction complete with shadows and paste this renderd image into a rendering from Vistapro, but what if I wanted to add a service road round the mountain or a cutting through a hillside, if I could modify the landscape mesh in 3DS or Acad and then export that lanscape mesh only back into Vistapro I could increase the realism of the combined image to an extra level of realism, which is of course the ultimate aim for all of us . As far as the offer of the source code for converting OS map info to DEM I'm afraid that it would be of no use to me as I'm not a programer in any way, shape or form <SOB> actually I'm a Mechanical Engineer who got feed up with the job situation over here and set up in buis doing somthing he actually enjoys !…. Thanks for the offe rthough at least I know its possible and thats a start ! One last question (And you'd thought I wasnt gona ask any more <G>) In the magazine in question there is an offer to purchase the manuals for Vistapro, should I purchase from them or could I purchase them from yor UK Importers/Retailers ? seing as how the mag produced the CD without the propper authority I'd prefer the latter option , but I definately need the manual from someone … I can only get so far without one, and I'm just about to that point !…<VBG> thank you for all your time and effort in answering all these terrible questions of mine. Best wishes David