oki doki... if you chose to use CPS... you can e.g. do it this way to get a start object which is quite similar to the start object from the tutorial... 1.) make a box, and only subdivide the hight of the box, with a value of 2... 2.) select "connect polyshape" to convert the box into a CPS object... 3.) remove the "R" from the CPS-proxy layer box, so it would be empty... Select the inner "Box-object", and remove the V (visible) from the CPS-base layer box... and begin to move the vertices... 4.) after moving the vertices to the form you want... then get the "R" back in the CPS-proxy layer box... 5.) A.) and also get the V (visible) back in the CPS-base layer... B.) select the outer BOX... C.) click on this icon in the CPS controlbox... (in menu... cps... --> cps controlbox)... when you get the mouse over the icon it would write "disconnect proxy geometry from base mesh"... after clicking on this icon... D.) then click on the yes button, when it ask "Delete base geometry?" 6.) and you will now have an object pretty similar as the one mentioned in the tutorial... hope you can use it, and it isn't to messy explained... regards Strarup