Here is my easy way. Download and install "MinFig" from the Free Stuff. You can click on my name above and select "lesbentley's Free Stuff contributions".

Parent your props and or figures to the "Body" of MinFig, select MinFig and save it back to a figure pallet with a new name, if prompted, select the "Whole Group" option.

All the props and figures will be saved with MinFig, when you reload the file all your props and figures will reload with it. You can translate, rotate, and scale all the items as a group by performing these operations on the Body of MinFig.

You don't neeed to parent everything directly to MinFig, as long as the base item of a chain of parented items is parented to MinFig everything will save with it. The items will maintain their colours and textures.

MinFig is a figure that only contains a BODY actor, it about 5KB in size. There are no restrictions on the modification or distribution of MinFig, so you can use it even in a commertial product.

Message edited on: 03/16/2006 12:39