Here's the deal. 1) I created a female mesh in 3DSMax 3.5. Then, I chopped it up into various objects. Each of these objects matches the names neccessary for most Poser ops (head, lshoulder, etc.) 2) I saved the mesh as .3ds. 3) In 3DExploration, I opened up the mesh, then saved it as an .OBJ. 3DE informed me that the seperate objects in the mesh (the body parts), would be saved as .OBJ groups. With me so far? 4) Then I fired up Poser 4 and imported the .OBJ. It was NOT broken up into groups, just a single mesh. Clicking the std hierarchy button did nothing. 5) Just to test, I opened up a standard P4 .OBJ model, the business woman, from GEOMETRIES. She imported as a single object, too. Where am I screwing up? Saving each body part as a seperate .OBJ theoretically works, but damn is it a pain in the ass to individually import, rescale, etc. each body part. I thought an .OBJ grouped up was supposed to load as seperate body parts in Poser. Any ideas on this? --scharmers

After selecting the figure, hit the grouping tool button, then click on spawn props. The figure should seperate into its parts. You can then delete the original mesh. That's what I do when I create a mesh in C4D and bring it into Poser to adjust the joints.

Thank you!

I always use a .PHI file when making a Poser model.

go get the Max2Obj exporter save yerself a step

Anthony, I use the .phi method if there is a .phi file I can use as a template (I hate to type). For a non-standard hierachy, just using your mouse to arrange things in the hierachy editor sure saves the typing.

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