Hi - i guess this question could equally be in the Max forum, but I think it fits here ....

anyone know if it's possible to use the rigging info (which I assume must be baked into a characters CR2 file somewhere) to create/apply a bone structure within Max - just as an easy example (not what I'm trying to do, but just for illustration), if I imported the V3 OBJ into Max, just wondering if there's any info in the associated CR2, or other file somewhere, that could somehow be used to enable me to create an identical bone structure, with the same impaced vertices on each bone/joint

any advice greatly appreciated

Cheers Sean

As far as I know, that information cannot be transfered between apps because each one handles things differently. You would have to start with a new rig in Max.

If you're wanting the body part grouping to be similar, then when you export the figure, tell Poser to not weld body parts....or just grab the obj file out of the Geometries folder. This will import into Max with everything separate but still placed together.

here's a software i believe will do it

http://www.reiss-studio.com/

$180. not sure if it imports the bones or simply morphs the character, but i would be surprised if it's the latter.  i haven't used it but will eventually

thanks - I actually use BodyStudio - that just lets you bring a Poser scene directly into your Max scene - kind of does what I want as an end result, in that it lets me do the character animation piece in Poser then merge it with my Max scene, but was wondering if there was any way of digging into the Poser CR2's etc to help with some Max character rigging

cheers

Sean

so the character still animates in max but does not do it by creating bones?  then it does do it by morph?  yikes that must make gigantic files

There is pCharacter2FBX by MarkDC, but I've heard that it isn't that great and has limited figure support.

Robert