Mark, Thanks for the reply - I'm glad to know this can be done. Could you briefly explain how you built and mapped the object in your post? - it's essentially what I'm trying to do. If I can understand that I'll try and apply it to the imported objects. The models are usually imported as .STEP files. The help files state that imported objects are special cases and I converted them to vertex objects in Carrara, but still couldn't map it correctly. [the VTC training cd is excellent, I nearly watched it all in one sitting - unfortunately not much on UV mapping :) ] Thanks again for the help.