Hey Jonah! thanks for the information.
The issue that is coming up, and I should have mentioned this...
is that the client is using hypershot for quick renders. But the model
which is made up of multiple pieces is coming in as 1 piece when I save
as obj..... so I'm looking for a way to give them the model so that it
retains is multiple groups....

do you know what I mean?

thanks

Mike Fitz