Quote - how do you delete a master dial in P8?

In Poser, open the Hierarchy Editor, find and select the master channel, then press the delete key on the keyboard. Or use a cr2 editor such as CR2Builder to delete the channel from the file.

Quote - how do i add a taper channel to a prop?  is it something i can copy and paste in the .pp2?

Yes, you can copy and paste a taper channel. There are three types of taper channel X, Y, or Z, depending on which axis needs to be tapered, you can just edit the name to change the type. The effect of a taper channel is influenced by position of the origin, taper type is normally set to be along or close to the origin endpoint axis. Taper works in cr2, hr2, or pp2 files. A taper channel is normally placed above any Offset or smoothScale channels.

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I thought the "Most Asked Poser Questions" thread was for posting answers to frequently asked questions, not for asking questions frequently. If this thread gets full up with questions that are not asked frequently, and could better be posted as new topics in the forum, it will be much harder to find the answers to questions that are asked frequently. "how do you delete a master dial" may be a frequently asked question, but a lot of posts in this thread seem to be verbal diarrhoea and completely OT.

"Can anyone please assist me with this ...", "Is there a python script that will...", "sometimes i click on a character morph...", "where did all my money go?" etc, etc. :cursing: Please don't reply to this post, as a reply would almost certainly not be a frequently asked question.