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>>Except that 3dsout doesn't seem to work yet.. How is it not working? Remember that the same rule pertaining to DXF about layers needing to be ON to be exported still apply to 3DSOUT. >>and r4c1 won't read acis entities in a .dxf file either. Correct, 3DS only reads what it has traditionally read. (FYI, the ACIS data is encrypted within the DXF format). >>but my first attempts to 3dsout a file w/ acis solids (using r13c1) locked up my machine. Hmm….How large was your model? R13's 3DSOUT (and the Renderer) mesh the ACIS entities "on the fly" and can create _very_ large files that may soak up a lot more resources than you think. Did you have an enormous temp file after the crash? Also check the FacetRes variable – this controls the density of the exported ACIS mesh. Personally, I use a Lisp routine that prompts me with its value before initiating the 3DSOUT command. >>do you know of a new (> 1991) dxf3ds.exe program. Yes! The latest DXF3DS utility is here on the forum and will read R13 DXF files as it did with previous AutoCAD releases. It's my standard method of AutoCAD to 3DS interaction (when I'm not exporting ACIS). – Phil p.s. Yes, I'm w/ Autodesk.