Ah, well, I started reading your tutorial page, and I noticed this comment "there is a bug in Poser 5 SP4 which seriously screws up obj exports."

I wonder if that could be part of the problem. I have Poser 5 sp4.  Wonder what would happen if I upgraded to 6 or 7 (when it comes out).

I will bookmark and study the tutorial today.  Thanks so much for the input, and for taking the time to write what looks like a well thought out tutorial.

Could be worse, could be raining.