Attached Link: http://www.daz3d.com/pages/faq/answers/michael/making.html

There are 3D body scanners that can capure the 3D date and create a geometry file. That was the first step in creating some of the Poser figures but there's a lot more that has to be done to get a fully Poser ready figure. Here's a link that goes into a little detail about the work involved.

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