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> I think I've finally figured out what you're talking about. The file you're referring to is MELT_1.3DS… not M_WAVE1.3DS… isn't it? > Opps. Ding. I must have snapped a synapse. Yes I meant MELT_1.3DS. > If you want to make text out of a fine "grid", like the letter "M" in MELT_1.3DS, all you've got to do is turn off the Optimize button in the Lofter's Make Object dialog. > Now I understand what is going on. You must also have Tween on for this to work. What still puzzles me is the cryptic sentence on page 6-11..When you convert a model into a mesh object using the Objects/Make command, the rezulting objec t does not consist of splines, but rather of interconnecting triangular faces of three vertices and three sides each. No matter how many times I look at Figure on 6-12 I can't see where the little triangle is your refering to. BTW I had a major breakthrough in understanding when I was trying to duplicate the MELT_1.3DS example. What I never got was that the morphed version of the letters are more like "targets". I thought from using MWAVE and RIPPLE that you had to use every morphed object to get it right. But in your melt example you use just two of the morphed letters (2 and 4 I think) and just ignore 0, 1, 3, 5). Once I saw that it dawned on me that 3DS was filing in the frames between these targets and I could just put the morphed object 2 on frame 12 and object 4 on frame 24 and have the whole thing. In you example you have another morphed object at frame 56, but you only render to 24, is that last one needed? if you ever go over the manual you might want to have the reader try this exercise. After setting up the morphed letter, try adjusting the itmes in the dialog box and watching what happens, as well as moving the morph locations to different places then 12 aznd 24. Also undestanding that all the morphs have a parent object without the numbering was important to understand. Thanks Gary, this is very educational for me.