Hi--

Someone at the DAZ forum directed me here. That's my Stephanie a-Go-Go Mod Collection, and yes, the skirt uses "handles." The reason for that has to do with the way Poser joint parameters work, and the fact that one bodypart cannot be welded to a "sibling" bodypart. That is, you can have two buttocks welded to the hip, but you cannot have a buttock welded to the hip AND to another buttock. Thus, if you have a skirt, the entire thing has to be the "hip" body part, because if you divide the lower skirt into right and left buttocks (or into right and left thighs, on older Poser figures), the buttocks cannot be welded to each other-- which, of course, would result in a split in the mesh between the two buttocks. The results of that, needless to say, can be rather ugly.

Hope this helps explain....

Message edited on: 11/15/2004 15:18