I've got this Tawhak and Nefalian combination that I like very much, and where I'd like to be able to arrange various poses, a walk cycle and so on. I'd like to be able to save it all as one figure, and save poses for the figure, and so on. I'm scratching my head as what I should be parenting to what, or if parenting is even the right thing to be doing.  Much appreciative for any ideas or pointers

Croc

What about the dino's hips as the root bone and the female branches off the dino's spine?

Quote - What about the dino's hips as the root bone and the female branches off the dino's spine?

This sounds like a plan-- but when I go into Setup, I just see the Blue girl. . .I guess what I should be asking is how do I bring two separate characters into Setup together so that they can be rigged together?

What if you combine the two models before importing into Poser?

Quote - What if you combine the two models before importing into Poser?

They are native Poser models (Tawhak is from Daz, and the blue girl is from ExpressionImage here on Rosity.)

Ah!  What if you use the hierarchy editor.  Rename her hip to pelvis and parent it to one of the dino's spines?

Quote - Ah!  What if you use the hierarchy editor.  Rename her hip to pelvis and parent it to one of the dino's spines?

This seems like a good idea, but in fumbling around, I discovered something that works. . . one can select a figure, and choose "Set Figure Parent" -- I'd never found my way to this bit of menu before. Poser is oddly "modal" with respect to geometries. Some geometries are "figures" some are "props" and so on. In the case of figures, you have to pick the figure, be sure "Body" is the part selected, and then "Set Figure Parent" -- which I do to the Tawhak hip.

This seems to work OK, so far . . .

*This seems like a good idea, but in fumbling around, I discovered something that works. . . one can select a figure, and choose "Set Figure Parent" -- I'd never found my way to this bit of menu before. Poser is oddly "modal" with respect to geometries. Some geometries are "figures" some are "props" and so on. In the case of figures, you have to pick the figure, be sure "Body" is the part selected, and then "Set Figure Parent" -- which I do to the Tawhak hip.

This seems to work OK, so far . . .

Excellent!  I'll give it a try.  Kind of sounds like Lightwave when working with layers...