Quote - Is there ANY way to rename groups on a mesh once you've gotten it into poser. I'm in the group editor but I can't seem to find a way to rename the group, or, copy the grouped polys and add the set to a new set.

You can create a new group, and add all polys from an old group, but this leaves the old group - you can't remove it in Poser.  IMO it's simpler to do this in your modeler and just re-export the OBJ and redo the rig.  I guess you could also edit the Poser-written OBJ and try to remove the group that way, but that can be pretty messy.

Quote - I guess the best thing to do if you want the figure sitting or legs at a 90 degree angle you have to split it up betweein the thigh and the buttock. 60/30 works ok.

Yeah that's the way.  Your model came out really well, nice job :)  The character probably has a little JCM at the knee bend to compress the calf, a lot of figures do; you may want to try to duplicate that in the boot.

Quote - Question: How long does it normally take you guys to kick out a model. making, rigging, cr2, texture, readme, zip, product renders....... How long (hours, or if 8hr day in days) does it take? I feel like I'm moving in molasses sometimes.

For the big bunch of freebies I did recently, they were all "familiar territory" in terms of design and I didn't have to learn any unfamiliar modeling techniques, and the UVmapping was pretty simple, so I got most of them done in under 3 days each (pretty full days).  Some of them in about a day.  The textures were procedural for the most part, because I'm not a really great texturer, so they didn't take a whole lot of time.  For the commercial item I'm working on right now, it's taken a lot longer because the geometry is a lot more complicated and the UVmap was very difficult, plus I've been sick - and Poser 8 was released and I wanted to make sure it looks good under Poser 8, so it's taken more than a month (way too slow).

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