Well, I agree that poser has a useless import tool, but I've never had any problems with materials. I import everything in 3ds format, then convert it to obj, so I have a fair bit of experience at it. One thing you should do is uncheck ALL options on the import dialog, other than the 'percentage of figure size' if you're using it. The only way to NOT group the parts, is import them separately, unless you're program allows a plug-in option. mac