... And hold the shift key when you've selected a part to keep it selected... you know, all those things you'll find in the manual and on the folded card to make life easier. If you have Lightwave, and would rather build and rig from scratch, and have bunches of time for independent construction, then why are you using Poser, anyway? If you are happier with a sterile drafting interface, get 3dS. If this is all too complicated for you, get DAZ|Studio (it doesn't do animation or anything fancy, but it is free) and only buy conforming clothing and hair and pretextured props so that you won't need to venture into procedural materials or dynamics of any kind. Carolly