Hi, and thanks as always, for the immediate help, Michael.

I actually think that I didn't quite describe my scenario accurately.
It's not so much that I have a group of objects. It's that I have ONE object, but it's comprised of hundreds of parts. So, in essence, I'm trying to "break" an object into it's component pieces, while at the same time (due to the sheer number of parts) having each of those separate parts wind up as a unique layer in the object browser.

The reason that I must have all those discrete object layers, is that I need to get this model into Cinema 4D, and it won't recognize those separate pieces if they are still living on the same layer.

Does that make any more / less sense?

Cheers!