Well, now...THAT'S an answer! I will follow your instructions to the letter, O Wise One. As it happens, I already have Amorphium and have had more success with importing Poser obj files into that program than into LightWave, which OUGHT to be able to read them without errors. I open them in Amorphium, then export them into the LW format. As always, though, the problem is importing only the necessary part of the larger model. Again, many thanks for such a detailed and (I'm certain) informed response.