This message was posted by Marcelle on AmayaUsers.com. PLEASE DO NOT REPLY VIA EMAIL. Instead, respond to the thread on the WEBSITE by clicking here: http://www.amayausers.com/boards/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?/topic/3/724.html#000009 Based on the example given in the top post about the square and partially overlapped by a circle here's what happens for me using 'flatten' checked and maybe a 4 setting in the overlap block. If I select the 2 objects (square and circle) and click convert, the 2 objects will be converted to whatever stitches I selected. Let's say a fill for this. The 2 stitch objects I would get would be the square not a square anymore because the portion of the square that was under the circle would have been automatically removed except for the small amount (4) of overlap I had specified. The circle would be a full circle though because it was on top. Only the objects that had parts under other objects are affected by the 'flatten' removal selection. I hope this is making a little more sense. I don't really know if this is how it is supposed to be used because I just experimented with it until I found that I could get good results using it this way. I hope some of the experts will provide more information for you and anyone else interested. There may be a lot of other things this convert/flatten is used for and I just haven't discovered them yet. =========================================================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list ===========================================================