Umm... one other possibility could be.. where your model is in relation to 0,0,0. If you model it in Blender at say.. 200,200,0.. I believe that is were DAZ will import it at. Try moving to absolute center in Blender. You can also try, exporting a Daz character out to OBJ, import it in to Blender, without resizing it. That will show you what size to create your model and where it should be located at. Bare in mind, DAZ Characters have a LOT of faces, and will slow down your Blender extremely. You could work with 2 different layers, DAZ Character on one and your sword on another. That way, you can turn off the DAZ character when your not using it for reference. I can help you narrow it down later, my Daughter is playing 'Tamagotchi Town' on my Laptop which is were I have DAZ Studio loaded.

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