Ok, I'm venturing into territory I normally shy away from. The Cloth Room. But I was working on a render and I thought it would be interesting to have the figure holding a sheet of some kind in front of them. I've found some tutorials here but they're all talking about ready made clothing items. I was just wanting to make something out of a primitive(? am I on the right track?)  I tried it witha single sided square but the thing fell down into the ground after it's process and even then it still looked like a square.

I'm feeling brave so thought I'd tinker with the Cloth Room a little bit.

I'm using Poser 6 at the moment, upgrading to P8 soon as I get a little more $$ saved up.

you need to choose something else, the single sided sqare is a single polygon and will not deform in the cloth room, try the clothplane primitive

And then you must pin it a some points to your character. Probably you also need to set up a bit of an animation of your character to get some more dynamics in your cloth. A draping will only apply gravity, just a small movement of the character (for instance a hand, arm or leg) will generate a few ripples. Just remember that the animation doesn't have to be realistic as long as the result looks good. Don't forget to set up the proper collision objects.

As far as a primitive goes, even the clothplane is too limited in polygons. There are plenty better sheets available (for free), you want as many polygons as possible. First let the sheet (of the desired size) fall over a cube (sized about a quarter of the sheet) and see if you like the resulting folds. Play with the cloth settings until you find the type of cloth you think is fitting your scene (so decide if it is a silk or leather sheet).

Attached Link: Tute Here

Awesome! Thanks all I'll check it all out :)