hi everyone,

just read this thread, thanks for all your replies.... will try again today with some different settings and see how it go's.

having to weld all vertices in modo could be a time consuming task depending on the.

ps just found my error... i didnt see the more option arrow on the export dialogue , weld vertices... that was my problem all along...

silly me.. must have been the christmas pudding.... too much brandy in it...

thanks again for all your help