It does help EnglishBob, thank you.  I'm one of those people that always has to know "why" in order for stuff to make sense to me.  (drove my mother nuts).

So you're reply did alot to make some sense of the process to me.  I think my problems before have then been that I did not have these Polys aligned properly so the weld in poser was failing.
think being the important word there.  

The tip about what to do in UVmapper will prove useful I'm sure.

I appreciate the reply - I am saving this page.
Thank you,
Jaci

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