lowpoly - "Apparently you are placing the figure by using the hip XYZ trans.  Try placing the figure by using the BODY actor instead."   -    Erm - Thanks for the thought, but no, I always place figures using the BODY and the dials.  As I said above, it's the commercial pose files that are causing the figure to jump to a  specific location when applied. then I have to move it back via the BODY trans dials.  Frustrating, when the figure jumps into or behind a piece of scenery, and I have to "loft" it high to find it.

Rebekah, thanks for the tip, and I'll probably end up doing that. - I was hoping there was a python script or a Poser Utility that I could run against a library of pose files to strip the XYZ  translations from the Pose Files.  Seems to me I've seen such a thing, but can't recall what was the utility.

I'm "way 'Way 'WAY behind on installing purchases and downloads, and I wanted to clean up all the pose files I'm catching up installing without having to go thru them all trial-and-error or just wait until one of them blindsides me when assembling a scene.

Thanks again.