Alright Cynical nature, give this a try. when exporting from P4, the first pop up menu appears (Export Range) leave the dafault and click ok. Second pop up screen (Hiarchy), leave the default and click ok. Now the last pop up after you click save check box 1,3,4,5 starting from the top then click ok. Now when importing into Carrara leave the default import menu pop up as Is, now If you wish to be able to select each body as you where able to in P4 select vertex primitive then select create a single polimesh, and thge last option select create one object per group. to do an figure as a hole select the last option and slect creat only one object.