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Andrew: Jeremy offered the answer I use for creating vector format .dxf files from a scanned logo, CorelTrace. For clarification the process involves using one of the trace algorithms which will give you a file which you would then save as an eps file. To get to .dxf you must import the .eps file into CorelDraw and save as a .dxf file. Along the way you can set parameters on how precise the vectorization will be so you may be able to avoid problems with 3DS and vertice count. I've not run into any problem so far with too many vertices but I can image that one could hit the wall. The best results I get are a result of converting the logo to a black and white tif file before tracing. Having said all of that you can do what you want to do without leaving 3DS but it does require manually tracing over the bitmap which you set as a background for use in the shaper. The manuals cover this but I figured you were after some 'autotrace' method, right? Bob