I have seen a couple fo threads where people have said to use the hip to move the char about rather than the body itself. Was just curious as to why. Thanks! Bruce :)

Try moving the Body and then save as a pose - put the Body back at 0,0,0 - apply pose: the Body will stay at the zero position. Poser (4) ignores changes to the Body when creating pose files, though you can create a pose that will affect the body (and body morphs) by hacking a CR2.

ahhh I see! Thaks RH :))

The general rule is this. If you want to save a pose with a figure moved away from the default (0 0 0) position, use the hip to move it. If you don't want your poses to affect the figures' position, use the BODY to move them. I always use BODY for movements. That way I know that any pose I apply will just affect the linbs, and won't ship the figure 20 feet off from the center. mac

But if you are doing a multi-figure set, where you want each figure moved relative to the rest of the group, you use the Hips and the users can use the same shift on the Body-s to position the group.

hmm..I'm still at the level of using the hip just to pose, period..;)

The advice to translate figures via the hip dates back to Poser 3. In the days before conforming, posable clothing was fitted by copying the figure's pose to a pose dot, then applying that pose to the clothing. Obviously the figure's position would have to be part of the pose for that to work properly.

Thanks all! I one day hope to create a pose set and all this will be really helpfull! Thank you again!

EnglishBob..thanks for the historical info! When I read it I went 'duh'. Of course. Now, though, with conforming clothing that is no longer necessary and in fact a bad practice. If we want to share our poses use only the Body for position. (Unless it's part of a multi-figure set, or a positioning pose for an environment.)