I used to have a problem importing p7 scene with only props, no figures.  If there was one figure - everything imported fine. This bug seems to have been fixed in the newer build of vue.
I'm using Vue inf 6.50-04 build 292350  on  a Mac(intel), and it works fine.
However I didnt know about being able to convert prop->figure so easily in the hierarchy window.
This will come handy in cloth simulations when I want to constrain part of the 'cloth' .  It only gets constraint to figure parts not props. My work around wasnt as easy as this method, so thanks very much!

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