Thank you for your response! In regards to the shade scene not being saved, let me clarify: We do close the shade scene as described. When we reload the project, the shade scene is not "lost", but rather the program assumes multi-orientations are being used. Original: Then click OK, and close the project and re-open the project: Then open near shadings: "Update Orientation Parameters" changes the Shadings to Multi-Orientation, which we do not want. We want to use the near shadings definition. Thank you, -rocky