I also start with no figure. Poser load faster, too. You have to also remember, even in Poser 6, if you open with ANY figure, and then delete it, you have just assigned the Figure 1 slot. If you then use figures or conforming clothing with ERC (JCM and whatnot) you might have problems. Of course none of the native Poser figures have ERC, but Glamorous Jessi does, as do most all of the newer DAZ figures. Incidently, I noticed IK is off in stock Jessi, and I assume James. Plus she is called "Jessi", what a change! I've been setting all my figures up that way for years... ;-)