diff --git a/js/menus/ImportMenuView.js b/js/menus/ImportMenuView.js
index 0e9ccb224c2a809244bdbdf644ed4a073b1ce250..d82590d177c997277ea593f02900dda573b0b1ef 100644
--- a/js/menus/ImportMenuView.js
+++ b/js/menus/ImportMenuView.js
@@ -15,10 +15,17 @@ ImportMenuView = Backbone.View.extend({
         "click #removeFillGeo":             "_removeMesh"
     },
 
-    initialize: function(){
+    currentlySelected: false,
+
+    initialize: function(options){
+
+        this.lattice = options.lattice;
 
         _.bindAll(this, "render", "_onMeshLoad");
-        this.listenTo(this.model, "change", this.render);
+        this.listenTo(this.model, "change", function(){
+            if (!this.currentlySelected) return;
+            this.render();
+        });
 //        this.listenTo(this.model, "change:filename change:boundingBoxHelper", this.render);//boundingBoxHelper covers orientation
 
 
@@ -67,7 +74,9 @@ ImportMenuView = Backbone.View.extend({
     },
 
     render: function(){
+        this.currentlySelected = true;
         this.$el.html(this.template(this.model.attributes));
+        this.lattice.set("cellMode", "cell");
     },
 
 //    makeDimensionString: function(){
diff --git a/js/menus/MenuWrapperView.js b/js/menus/MenuWrapperView.js
index 674e4d71075d875163cb211090581c183182b359..203506604d5c2a6ac5efbce60c319e66f3aba634 100644
--- a/js/menus/MenuWrapperView.js
+++ b/js/menus/MenuWrapperView.js
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ function MenuWrapper(args){
 
     //init all tab view controllers
     var latticeMenu = new LatticeMenuView({model:args.lattice});
-    var importMenu = new ImportMenuView();
-    var sketchMenu = new SketchMenuView();
+    var importMenu = new ImportMenuView({lattice:args.lattice});
+    var sketchMenu = new SketchMenuView({model:args.lattice});
     var partMenu = new PartMenuView({model:args.lattice});
     var scriptMenu = new ScriptMenuView();
 
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ function MenuWrapper(args){
 
     function deselectAllMenus(){
         latticeMenu.currentlySelected = false;
-//        importMenu.currentlySelected = false;
-//        sketchMenu.currentlySelected = false;
+        importMenu.currentlySelected = false;
+        sketchMenu.currentlySelected = false;
         partMenu.currentlySelected = false;
 //        scriptMenu.currentlySelected = false;
     }
diff --git a/js/menus/PartMenuView.js b/js/menus/PartMenuView.js
index 6bdbd32a9a269bffe4402fbe7618a091e5592470..21cdec39b060392058cd6b86553223038c0e094b 100644
--- a/js/menus/PartMenuView.js
+++ b/js/menus/PartMenuView.js
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ PartMenuView = Backbone.View.extend({
 
         _.bindAll(this, "render");
         this.listenTo(this.model, "change:partType", this.render);
+//        this.listenTo(this.model, "change", function(){
+//            if (!this.currentlySelected) return;
+//            this.render();
+//        });
     },
 
     render: function(){
diff --git a/js/menus/SketchMenuView.js b/js/menus/SketchMenuView.js
index ad61270a962054feffd55775615017ae595162be..2ae4c70976161cddc3842885293c5ad48bd23013 100644
--- a/js/menus/SketchMenuView.js
+++ b/js/menus/SketchMenuView.js
@@ -10,13 +10,21 @@ SketchMenuView = Backbone.View.extend({
     events: {
     },
 
+    currentlySelected: false,
+
     initialize: function(){
 
         _.bindAll(this, "render");
+//        this.listenTo(this.model, "change", function(){
+//            if (!this.currentlySelected) return;
+//            this.render();
+//        });
     },
 
     render: function(){
+        this.currentlySelected = true;
         this.$el.html(this.template());
+        this.model.set("cellMode", "cell");
     },
 
     template: _.template('\