diff --git a/js/menus/ImportMenuView.js b/js/menus/ImportMenuView.js
index dd65c324adcf1da1ae159950d6b047a470963715..27c3bc4cfce67e6168819b9b51b01c6b0f012990 100644
--- a/js/menus/ImportMenuView.js
+++ b/js/menus/ImportMenuView.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ ImportMenuView = Backbone.View.extend({
 
     initialize: function(){
 
-        this.fillGeometry = new FillGeometry({lattice:dmaGlobals.lattice});
+        this.fillGeometry = new FillGeometry();
 
         this.listenTo(this.fillGeometry, "change", this.render);
     },
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ ImportMenuView = Backbone.View.extend({
         var self = this;
         var loader = new THREE.STLLoader();
   	    loader.load(url, function(geometry){
-            self.fillGeometry.set("geometry", geometry);
+            self.fillGeometry.buildNewMesh(geometry);
         });
     },
 
@@ -78,8 +78,7 @@ ImportMenuView = Backbone.View.extend({
 
     _removeMesh: function(e){
         e.preventDefault();
-        this.fillGeometry.remove();
-        this.fillGeometry.set("filename", this.model.defaults.filename);
+        this.fillGeometry.removeMesh();
     },
 
     render: function(){
@@ -134,7 +133,6 @@ ImportMenuView = Backbone.View.extend({
         <div class="btn-group fullWidth">\
             <button data-toggle="dropdown" class="btn btn-lg btn-default dropdown-toggle fullWidth" type="button">Select Model <span class="caret"></span></button>\
             <ul role="menu" class="dropdown-menu">\
-              <li><a class="selectMesh" data-file="meshes-airbus/Airbus_A300-600.stl" href="#">Plane</a></li>\
               <li><a class="selectMesh" data-file="meshes-airbus/wingCrossection.stl" href="#">Wing</a></li>\
             </ul>\
         </div><!-- /btn-group -->\
@@ -145,4 +143,5 @@ ImportMenuView = Backbone.View.extend({
 //<a href="#" id="doSubtractGeo" class=" btn btn-block btn-lg btn-default">Subtract Mesh</a><br/>\
 //<li><a id="selectWall" href="#">Wall</a></li>\
 //<li><a class="selectMesh cutTerrain" data-file="river.stl" href="#">Landscape 1</a></li>\
-//<li><a class="selectMesh cutTerrain" data-file="terrain.stl" href="#">Landscape 2</a></li>\
\ No newline at end of file
+//<li><a class="selectMesh cutTerrain" data-file="terrain.stl" href="#">Landscape 2</a></li>\
+//<li><a class="selectMesh" data-file="meshes-airbus/Airbus_A300-600.stl" href="#">Plane</a></li>\
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/js/models/FillGeometry.js b/js/models/FillGeometry.js
index ac25800bf4d72e5e2668d10b79bd248d0f49c552..41a39b33cbd033949b3611d42c5094b1c81b4a55 100644
--- a/js/models/FillGeometry.js
+++ b/js/models/FillGeometry.js
@@ -6,60 +6,41 @@
 FillGeometry = Backbone.Model.extend({
 
     defaults: {
-        material: new THREE.MeshLambertMaterial(
-            {color:0xf25536,
-                shading: THREE.FlatShading,
-                transparent:true,
-                opacity:0.4,
-                side:THREE.DoubleSide}),
-        geometry: null,
         filename: "No File Loaded",
-        orientation: [0,0,0],
-        scale: [1.0,1.0,1.0],
         mesh: null,
+        boundingBox: null//show bounding box for mesh
     },
 
-    initialize: function(options){
-
-        this.lattice = options.lattice;
+    initialize: function(){
 
         //bind events
-        this.on("change:mesh", this.getBounds);
-        this.on("change:orientation change:scale", this.updateBoundingBox);
-        this.on("change:geometry", this.buildNewMesh);
-
     },
 
-    buildNewMesh:function(){
-        this.remove();
+    buildNewMesh:function(geometry){
+        this.removeMesh();
 
         //center geometry in x and y
-        var geometry = this.get("geometry");
         geometry.computeBoundingBox();
-        geometry.applyMatrix(new THREE.Matrix4().makeTranslation(-geometry.boundingBox.max.x/2,-geometry.boundingBox.max.y/2,0));
+        geometry.applyMatrix(new THREE.Matrix4().makeTranslation(0,0,-geometry.boundingBox.min.z));//set on top of baseplane
+        geometry.computeBoundingBox();
 
-        this.set({orientation:this.defaults.orientation, scale:this.defaults.scale}, {silent:true});//restore defaults
-        var mesh = new THREE.Mesh(this.get("geometry"), this.get("material"));
-        this.makeBoundingBoxHelper(mesh);
+        var mesh = new THREE.Mesh(geometry, new THREE.MeshLambertMaterial(
+            {color:0xf25536,
+                shading: THREE.FlatShading,
+                transparent:true,
+                opacity:0.4,
+                side:THREE.DoubleSide}));
+        this.makeBoundingBox(mesh);
         this.set({mesh: mesh});
         dmaGlobals.three.sceneAdd(mesh, null);
         dmaGlobals.three.render();
-
-        //send new geometry out to workers
-//            _.each(workers.allWorkers, function(worker){
-//                worker.postMessage({model: this.toJSON});
-//            });
-    },
-
-    getBounds: function(){//bounds is the bounding box of the mesh geometry (before scaling)
-//        this.get("mesh").geometry.computeBoundingBox();
-//        this.set("bounds", this.get("geometry").boundingBox.clone());
     },
 
-    makeBoundingBoxHelper: function(mesh){
-//        var helper = new THREE.BoundingBoxHelper(mesh, 0x000000);
-//        helper.update();
-//        this.set("boundingBoxHelper", helper);
+    makeBoundingBox: function(mesh){
+        var box = new THREE.BoxHelper(mesh);
+        box.material.color.setRGB(0,0,0);
+        this.set("boundingBox", box);
+        dmaGlobals.three.sceneAdd(box);
     },
 
     updateBoundingBox: function(){
@@ -68,13 +49,16 @@ FillGeometry = Backbone.Model.extend({
     },
 
     subtractGeo: function(){
-        this.lattice.subtractMesh(this.get("mesh"));
+        dmaGlobals.lattice.subtractMesh(this.get("mesh"));
     },
 
-    remove: function(){
+    removeMesh: function(){
         if (!this.get("mesh")) return;
-        dmaGlobals.three.sceneRemove(this.get("mesh"), null);
+        dmaGlobals.three.sceneRemove(this.get("mesh"));
+        dmaGlobals.three.sceneRemove(this.get("boundingBox"));
         this.set("mesh", null);
+        this.set("boundingBox", null);
+        this.set("filename", this.defaults.filename);
         dmaGlobals.three.render();
     },