yes you are correct. In the case you are talking about. the only real option you have is to just piont it to the smallest texture you have, and keep that up till the model finnaly shows. then go to your materials editor and select the textures and bump and whatever else to none and the put the check in the whole model box. That will strip the textures off. then you could save it in your library or export it or retexture it as you want. that is about all you can do and keep poser from locking up