Thanks ODF.  Having parenting run Body->Waist->Hip is highly unconvential, so requiring that for WW compatibility sounds odd to me.  I might post Phil and msg to see if I can get some more info.

As for the PoserPhysics API, that's a good thought, but I haven't exposed enough of the API to build a custom ragdoll.

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