Attached Link: http://home.europa.com/~keithr/crossroads/

You might try converting the 3ds files to obj using Crossroads (link) or another 3d format converter. I haven't had any problems with the few 3ds files I've tried importing into Poser. If you post a link to the site and list one of the models you're having problems with, maybe someone else can try it.

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