Hi all,

I have run into a frustrating phenomenon and I don't know how to correct it. Number one, when I upload certain poses for figures, I notice that the figure will get displaced to another location. This is very annoying since I usually am working with a sequence, and it is a major pain having to relocate the figure to exact same location as before.

And then, at times I will notice that the central axes of the figure will get modified, that is, if I revert my figure to the default position (standing with arms out), the figure will be pointing in an oblique position instead of the being at a right angle to the floor. Any suggestions for questions 1 or 2?

Many thanks!

pacanne

When you saved the pose, you probably chose to save the figure's body transformation as part of the pose.  That includes the figure's location.  This option is right after you name the new pose.  Poser asks if you want to save the morphs as well as the pose, and it asks if you want to save the body transformation.

You need to save your poses without checking the body transformation option.  Then the figure will move into its new pose, but will not move its location.

Thanks! And for downloaded poses? :-)

It depends on how the merchant loaded them.  But you can always save a pose again without saving the morphs and/or the transformation.  When I do that, I give it the same name but add NM to let me know that pose has No Morphs (and no transformations).  For instance "Sitting back NM".

Note:  A good time to save the pose with the body transformations is when you have two figures positioned very precisely with each other.  For instance a man and a woman dancing together.  Or two figures shaking hands.  Or two figures kissing.  If you don't save the transformation with the pose, the figure will assume the pose wherever it happens to be standing, and sometimes trying to move the two figures back in that intricate dance pose or the two hands to grasp each other again is very difficult and frustrating.

But if you save the body transformation with the pose, the figure will assume the pose AND move into position.

Many thanks. And for the issue of when a figure suddenly becomes misaligned, that is, I will notice that it is lopsided for all poses, and I can't seem to get it realigned to "polar north"....?

The pose that moved the figure out of alignment probably had the body alignment moved and saved with the pose.  After that, the body will stay misaligned until you move it, or until you choose another pose that has the body alignment saved in it.

Remember, when you save your poses, if the body's x, y, or z axes have been moved, they're going to be incorporated into that pose when you save it if you check the body transformatioin option.  So if you want to tilt the figure, move the hip, not the body.  That way the body will always be aligned to "polar north" even if you've tilted the body with the hip.

Yes, I find it difficult, esp if I have a surface added to the scene, and the figure disappears underneath it with the new pose. Would you know of a good default pose I could use on the figures to reestablish the axes correctly? Thanks again!

A default pose to re-establish the axes?  Well, that will change, not only the axes, but your current pose too.  To correct the axes all you have to do is go into the body parameters and change the x, y, and z rotations to 0.

If you want the figure to move back to the center of the scene, change the x, y, and z trans values to 0.

If you've changed the overall proportions of the figure and want to change them back, change the x, y, and z scales of the body to 100.