"J. Blanchard" wrote: > I had an associate send a file with the .MAX extension, but cannot seem to find a way to open the file. Appreciate the help in advance. *.max files are 3D Studio Max files. It is an application used in the design world for animation. you can check out the info for the application at: http://www2.discreet.com/products/d_products.html?prod=3dsmax (watch the wrap) or possibly at the autodesk website: http://www.autodesk.com/ HTH. jason ************************************************* j a s o n e . b u r k HALSTEAD | architects [ 317.684.1431 ] http://www.bsu.edu/World2000/research/burk/ http://www.halstead-architects.com jasonb at halstead-architects.com [ monkeybuoy at moose-mail.com ] icq # | 33425254 "Spring advances up the United States at the average rate of about fifteen miles a day. It ascends mountainsides at the rate of about a hundred feet a day. It sweeps ahead like a flood of water, racing down the long valleys, creeping up hillsides in a rising tide." -- Edwin Way Teale