> I just tested an import of a more complex object, I'm still getting polys
> flipped, despite joining surfaces, see attached.

Hi Matt, was this when using an OBJ import into LightWave?

Their OBJ importer seems to be pretty buggy when trying to deal with complex N-Gons. You might try submitting that OBJ file to them so they can fix it up.

But that's why I'm doing the LWO format, because it doesn't seem to be as buggy as their OBJ importer.

In just a couple of days you'll be able to try and and see if it works better for getting N-Gons into LightWave.

- Michael