Hi Miss Nancy,

This is an interesting topic, this is one of the things that I miss in Poser as I often need a surface to not receive shadows, in other applications there's usually a check box or exclusion dialogue for the surface or light..

I tried your suggestion regards zeroing all the material settings on the materials surface and using alternative diffuse,but it made no difference, shadows were still cast onto the surface that shouldn't receive shadows as though I'd done nothing to the shader.

If there's another way to exclude surfaces from receiving shadows I'd be gratefull for any advice too :)