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I'm having a little problem beveling the face of text in 3DS. I've had some luck with the scale deformation, but not a lot. I remember something in the tutorial, but have been unable to find it. Any help will be appreciated. Also – I have been having a problem when importing stuff from Corel Draw! as AI files. Objects – especially text – have been coming in cut in half, with segments connecting the middle of the objects horizontally. I have to go through and delete the extra segments, and then weld all the verticies. Any workarounds? Thanks for the time! Brian