Hi Michael ...

Yes, you are always free to re post anything I send.

I thought I had another question or two but I resolved them. I'll explain what I have discovered.

I have set up a Rhino template with all the materials I normally use for rendering ... about 100 of them.

I can open this file in MoI and use this template (renamed) for any modeling I want to do ... assigning MoI styles (that now have all the template names) to any parts of the model I choose. Then save this model. (I should note that these are all materials and textures that work with Octane).

Then open Rhino but do not open the MoI created file ... open the Rhino template with all the materials assigned to layers and import the newly created MoI drawing (model).

This preserves all the materials and will render with the Octane for Rhino plug-in.

The advantage (if one has Rhino) is to be able to do the modeling in MoI (which is a joy) and get the benefit of Octane Render (which is great).

I thought this info might be of some use to others like Juan.

cheers,
eric