Thanks a lot, that works a treat, as both know well you do.

How do you cope with simple geometry to make a tube, ie two circles traced consecutively and then extruded. Ive tried a circle then the offset curve tool but I get two different circles that are not...

Just out of interest for the newbies like me, go back into 'move snap settings' and reset the settings or else if you've taken off 'retain comp spacing' like I did , the dragonfx tip aint gonna work

:beer: Thanks everybody . The insert method works a treat.I guess I've got play around with this a lot more.

Thanks for answering I've tried all these one points two points and three points and align to objects. I dont think Maya is that simple.Please see the attached file I only want to connect these two...

Yes but at the same time I want to have all four vertices moving as in the illustration the yellow vertices on the yellow vertices

I have a frustrating problem which has got to be a very simple and basic problem. Get four vertices to move so that the one situated at the extremity underneath sits over the corner of another object...

I only ask as sometimes the question asked is difficult to word and in a graphic world ,images would appear to speak louder than those words .

How does one make one, in simple terms and how does one get them on to these sites, is it just a question of a camera on the shoulder looking at the screen?

Phew at last thats what I was looking for, merci beaucoup TGG