I know this is probably a dumb question, but then I once had a perfesser who always said the only dumb question is the one you don't ask, so here goes: I want to create a new prop in Poser, made up of quite a few 'prop type' pieces. I'd like to make them a single item when I'm finished, so that it can be moved about with the wheel controls. I've read the Poser manual, and it is no help at all. What I get is a prop of many pieces and when I try to move it, only the 'selected' piece moves. How does one group these pieces so that they all behave as one, without 'parenting' them to one part? Or is it not possible in Poser?

When you create the prop export all it's parts, but only its parts. When you import your saved model it will be all one piece.

I can do that, but when I re-import the file, I get the object with no color, no texture, etc., and no way to put the color back in, since the item (a house) is all one piece now. Seems like I maybe can't do what I want here. The house I refer to is shown in my other message, one newer than this one.

Get yourself a copy of Steve Cox's UV mapper. Available in the utilities section of free stuff. This will allow you to make texture templates, like the ones poser uses for it figures, but only for models saved in an obj format.