Thanks for the reply, esther.

Just so that you know, "locked to license" has little(or nothing)  to do with your ability to transfer objects between applications. To transfer a Vue object to another application, you would have to "export" the object from Vue into an intermediate file format, such as *.obj or *.3ds, ... and then import that file into your other application (such as C4D or Poser).

The vendor may have created an object that he or she then applied the "Forbid Export" setting to, in the "Edit Objects" menu. If this setting is applied, then you will not be able to make the export of that purchased or traded object. But, this setting is completely separate from the Locked To License setting - has nothing to do with it.

In my personal opinion (as a model--builder), the Vue exporter is not great. It does the job probably as well as can be done, but the result never is as good as the real thing. If you do want to be able to use Vue objects at C3D in other applications, you can just write a quick note to the vendor and ask for that object in an *.obj format (for example). I get many such requests, and honor them quickly - I suspect other vendors do the same. I either charge the person making the request the same price as the model available on C3D, or if the person has already purchased the model, I provide it at no charge.

You have mad me curious about Cold Road, so I'm going to purchase it myself, and see if I can figure out what is going on with that scene.