thanks guys for the help much appreciated. yea the instructor has been noted and several other classes are filing complaints against him, but as its only a month til the end of our course its of little help if we do get a new instructor! lol.

i hope that i will have more time to study lightwave in its entirity, but considering the time span i would rather use a little cheat in using maya instead of lightwave and actually produce work than struggle through lightwave and produce something abysmal! lol and trust me im not the only one in the class thinking the same thing!