Hi again, Reading "Maya Help" carefully I found this: I quote: "Choose a texture to display (if more than one texture is applied to the mesh). In the texture editor, select the texture you want to work on from the Image > Selected Images sub-menu. When you are in component selection mode, the Image > Selected Images sub-menu lists shading groups assigned to the selected components. In object selection mode, the sub-menu lists all shading groups assigned to the entire mesh. It seems that's the solution, Now the newbie question HOW DO I ASSIGN DIFFERENT SHADING GROUPS TO THE SAME MESH?? IS THIS A GOOD WAY TO PROCEED? Maybe mtmckingley or mhcannon could help again Best Eduardo