What program did you use to make the figure? I ask because some modelers allow you to select a group of polys and "create part." In this way you can create parts and the names for them before importing the object into Poser. When you assign bones in the Setup Room, be sure the name for each bone (internal name) is exactly the same as the part name. Hopefully you won't need to use Poser's group editor.

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