It has alwasy been a bit or a pain when you load a pose you purchased to a figure and it moves the figure in poser space.  For example, the pose faces your character in the opposite direction requiring you to try to get it back in the right place. 

I notice that some poses I purchased do not seem to do this.  They leave your figure where you posed it.  So the question is, how can you edit the PZ2 files for poses you purchased to remove whatever it is that makes the figure become displaced?

Thanks

Dan

I believe you can lock the body and/or  the head before you apply the pose.

I know this from purchased poses - they change the  rotation of the body, and usually mess up the head and expression.

I always have to lock the eyes so that they don't change position.

Hope this helps!

BillyGoat

     Turn ik off and zero the hip x and z trans. The Y trans dial spins the character, so if the hip is has values other than 0 for bend twist or side to side you have to leave that trans alone or it will mess the pose up.

Thanks for the ideas.  Not sure how you lock parts of a character.  How do you do that?  It would be great if poser had a feature where you could hold down the shift key when you loaded a pose and it would prevent translation and turning of the hip.  So if your figure was upside down when you loaded the pose, the figure would remain upside down (ie hip stays in place) and the pose moves all the body parts.

Also, does anyone know what you can change in the pZ2 file for existing poses to keep the character from translating or turning.  I have looked at several purchased poses and am about to start experimenting with them to see what works but some knowledge would make the trial and error go faster.

Dan

Dan select the body part you wish to remain in place (turn ik off), click object then lock actor. I would suggest to just get the pose how you like it and save it to the libary instead of text editing the pz2. the x and z trans on the hip move the figure forward and back, but most poses tilt the hip so if you 0 the y tran (make it face default camera) you will damage the pose and have to adjust it alot anyway.

Thanks Wraith, I guess this has been discussed a length in the past.  It has just recently become a pain for me as I try to work an animation walk through of a building we designed. I thought it would be easy to do and spent to much time repositioning the figures in the scene not to mention getting all the figures dressed in suits and dresses and getting the lighting right.  What an effort.  Next time I will not volunteer so readily.