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>>need stripes… Do you mean stripes such as vertical stripes repeating in wall paper or paint? Do you need to create geometry so you can get real close to the wall with the camera or because the stripes need depth? If you need repeating stripes, the easiest thing might be a simple texture map. For example, to have repeating green and blue stripes just make a tall narrow image with green on the left and and blue on the right. Fit your mapping icon to the bitmap and stretch vertically as necessary. Then apply map and material to each wall. You might have to split the wall units out into elements for the best control. (Note that if the wall object is not aligned with an ortho view, you may have to first align a user view as described below.) You can make a matching bump map if the stripes need to have some depth. Am I over simplifying things? If you need a non-repeating pattern, you could create a single, much larger map or create geometry. To create geometry aligned properly with an existing object, turn on the 3D display in the shaper and create shapes to fit. If your object is not aligned with a standard orthgraphic view, use Display/UserView/Align first and select that view before going to the shaper. You can use Create/Object/GetShape from the *correct* viewport to bring in 2D shapes. If you loft shapes, it may be easier to rotate the path before lofting so the object will be properly aligned in the editor, or align the object as described below. (If I have a bunch of objects to create an align, I'll usually rotate the path – if I have just a few, I'll usually align them in the editor.) If you are having trouble in general aligning a new object (I'll call it NEWOBJECT) in 3D space with an existing object (I'll call it OBJECT), perhaps because the existing object has been rotated or is at an odd angle, do this: – use Display/UserView/Align to align a user view with the desired faces of OBJECT – use Modify/Object/Align WITHIN that user view to align NEWOBJECT to the user view. – within the user view, rotate and translate (move) NEWOBJECT as necessary to manually align it with OBJECT. Now the problem is aligning it along the other axis (into the user view). This is easy if you use a temporary box object: – create a box in any view – align it with OBJECT as described above in the aligned user view (I'll call this UserView1) – create a new user-view, UserView2, perpendicular to UserView1 with Display/UserView/Align and picking one SIDE of the temorary box – translate NEWOBJECT in UserView2 as desired relative to OBJECT – adjust NEWOBJECT in UserView1 if necessary – delete the box I hope this helps and isn't too confusing. If I misunderstood your problem, please explain in more detail. JKJ PS: Life is too short – if I hated my job, I'd go get a different job!