Well, I'm done for the night.  I resized a figure in Poser (native to Poser) against my Carrara figure (.obj) and was able to bring in several poses via a bvh - I just scrolled though the bvh to access the various poses - it wasn't hard.  This particular Carrara-made figure is not well suited for the poses I chose - arms and legs too thick.  I'm about ready to just do all my rigging and posing in Carrara - no more back and forth.  I just wish I had a simple way to save the poses in Carrara - I know there is a way...

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