I modeled an article of clothing for V4 and found that I don't even have to make it conforming. Simply parenting it to the abdomen and selecting "Inherit bends of parent" in the Object Parent window is sufficient and it works really well when bending. I mean, surprisingly well, as in no poke-through at all.

So anyway I save it as a smart prop in P Pro 2010 and then reload it and go to bend her and the clothing prop is parented still, but not bending right. So I open up the Object Parent window again and re-parent it to the abdomen and re-select "Inherit bends of parent" and then it works fine again.

I tried this many times, each time with the same result - deleting and reloading, and re-parenting, and it's simply not saving the "Inherit bends of parent" along with the prop, even though I AM saving it as a smart prop.

So what, is this a bug or is that just the way it is?

Incidentally, it seems to me we used to be able to expand the Object Parent window like we can the hierarchy window, but we can't now. Unless I'm just imagining that, which is entirely possible. ;-)

In any event, I think it would be super special if we could expand that window.

Quote - So what, is this a bug or is that just the way it is?

Yes, that's just the way it is, unfortunately.  

Quote - Incidentally, it seems to me we used to be able to expand the Object Parent window like we can the hierarchy window, but we can't now. Unless I'm just imagining that, which is entirely possible. ;-)

You mean resize the window? You can't do that in P6, though there might be a setting in the poser.ini file to set the size of that window.

Like I said, I could have been imagining it. I really wasn't entirely sure if you used to be able to resize it or not and I don't have any other versions of Poser installed right now.

It's just my brain telling me that's the way it used to be, because it seems that's the way it should be. ;-)

Thanks for the answer. Too bad about that though. I really have to question some design decisions I see in Poser. The more I get using Poser Pro 2010, the more decidedly un-pro things I find.

Quote - Thanks for the answer. Too bad about that though. I really have to question some design decisions I see in Poser. The more I get using Poser Pro 2010, the more decidedly un-pro things I find.

Yes there are a lot of annoying things like that in Poser. Another one is to do with translate channels, if you use ERC slaving in a translate channel, then try to move that item via the mouse, the item can go crazy and shoot of in an unexpecte way. I would much rather they fixed some of these sort of problems, rather than adding new features but keeping all the old bugs.

Not being able to save the Inhierit Bends is very frustrating, it's a very useful tool that cannot be saved...very lame.

Quote - Not being able to save the Inhierit Bends is very frustrating, it's a very useful tool that cannot be saved...very lame.

Well I definitely agree.

No that's okay Poser, when we save something we don't really mean for you to save all aspects of it. We really would prefer to have to redo all our smart props again. It's cool,  don't worry about us out here, you just do your own thing.

You get the feeling that some design decisions (like the ultra-skinny scroll bars) are made by someone who doesn't actually use Poser. An avid Poser user would not omit Inherit Bends from the save.