>> However, I am reading that Modo is only importing anything as a solid---- not in parts--from MoI?

Brian,

No, modo sees all the parts no problem. I was deliberately making a single part in MoI just to keep the number of separate objects down.

Thanks Tony, ----I was unbelieving!

It's long hard slog to group the parts into the various separate shading groups on a big, complex, modelling file from MoI

Brian