But when I imported the pz3 into poser the freak assumed the default pose ie with his arms outstretched. Did you mean import into Poser? Then it is a Poser problem. If you mean "into Vue", then you are doing something wrong. You must make sure that Vue imports EXACTLY THE FRAME you want. Otherwise it will import frame 1 which is the frame without any pose. In supposing you are importing a still pz3, not an animation.