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Robert, Re: Item #4, importing 2D .dxf as 3d meshes. You can currently do this right now. The trick is that you must create 2D closed Polylines in AutoCAD and send them out in the .dxf file. 3D Studio will automatically "cap" any closed area that comes from AutoCAD, i.e. closed Plines, circles, etc. Another trick we've used when you have some type of feature "cut into" a larger surface is to elevate the "cut" feature above a single polygo representing the larger surface. For example, brick highlights, in the middle of a stucco wall; elevate the polygon that represents the brick pattern, ever so slightly above a single polygon that represents the entire stucco wall……kinda like hanging a picture on a wall. It avoids having to cut "holes" in a large surface in AutoCAD. Hope this helps, -Jeff