I guess I should ask this in the hexagon forums, but there's very little traffic out there lol.  Just picked Hex 2.5 the other day as I finally decided to try modeling, but I'm mystified by the import/export scaling ratios for characters and clothes.  What are the exact scaling rations to save an obj in P7, import into hex, save in Hex, and export back to P7?  I'm trying to export V2 and a clothing item to Hex and then back to P7 so that the scaling and translation remains constant.

I do it outside Hex.  I use a nifty bit of software called objaction Scaler.
Export from Poser
Scale up by 100 in scaler
Import into Hex at 1 scale
Do stuff in hex
export at 1 scale
scale down by 100 in scaler
import into Poser

The main reason I do that is I use Hex for other stuff than Poser and it's a pain in the butt trying to remember the different scaling factors.

You can get it from www.sandylodge.demon.co.uk/html/utilities.html

When I export/import from poser, do I do it at 100% scale to figure when prompted ?  In other words, do i just leave the poser export/import settings in the popup window alone ?

On the import to poser, UNcheck all the import options.  There's no scaling setting on the export

That did the trick :)  I take it that importing the obj into Hex directly from the P7 runtime is a BAD idea.  Produced a scaling/translation fiasco for me when I tried to import back to P7.  Thanks for the link.  It's a wonderful little utility.

You can do the import from the geometries folder, so long as you remember to scale it etc.  And you have to remember to turn off all the import options in Poser

This solution is much more elegant, although it would be nice if Hex offered some preset to just import and work on Poser stuff at its native scale and then export back to poser.  I read Pegasus was designed to work with poser, but its modeling tools are somewhat more limited, which is why I'm starting out with Hex. Thanks again.

Glad to help :)
I often have to go from Poser to Hex to ZBrush - if I had to remember all the scaling settings I'd never get anything done! lol

Attached Link: T59 Hex clothing tutorial

. . . I'm getting a 404 at that link for the tutorial - is there an alternate site where it can be viewed?
Jerry

"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But in practice, there is."
— Yogi Berra

I'm getting it right now. I have been getting 404 errors with anything to do with Daz for the last couple of days.

Try just going to Poserpros.com and then the hex forum.

Maybe the links will start working again later.

Working now.