I know what you mean with that - it's actually one of several reasons I want to be able to work directly with the CR2 file for a lot of things.  For example, I have found that the values I enter into the joint editor do not always remain what I entered - I gett things like setting the x-Rot of the innermatsphere to say 6.080 and when I save and then load the file again I find that it has become 6.079 - close, but sometimes you need the delicate ajustments to get the look right.  I had rather hoped that the values contained in the joint editor were to be found in the CR2 rather than values calculated from the values I enter - I really like having direct control rather than indirect "interpreted" control.  Oh well, I guess one does the best that can be done.  I have to say that creating confirming cloths is a real pain, I've had far more trouble with a silly pair of pants than I did making the figure that wears the pants - you'd think that it should be easier to make the pants than the figure.

But one way or the other, I shall push on and even if editing the CR2 directly doesn't prove a solution to my current model problems, it should help me with the next.  Always a learning experience.  Besides, I've always liked knowing how things work and I find that knowing how leads to new discoveries which are sometimes really wonderful.  After all, that's how we got JCM and several other things which as I understand it, the creators of Poser had not even known that you could do it, it was a side effect of how Poser handled certain things.