Here are my suggestions:

a) there are a few 'utility' props that will help you correctly scale things: Dr Geep's are very useful

b) simple props just need to have materials applied to them. Since most users are way past version 5, keep the materials very simple. If the props have moving parts and / or morphs, you'll need to make sure these all work correctly.

c) you save completed props to your content library in the 'Props' folder. When you navigate to that folder on your PC or Mac, you'll see that the prop has a .pz2 extension. You should also see a corresponding file with an .rsr extension. .rsr files were phased out with Poser 7, and .png is now used: in Poser 8 and up, the icons for your items will not be recognised. There's a free RSR Converter which you could run to get round this.

d) OK, I'm going to say it: for f*ck's save up for a recent version of Poser: whatever you create in Poser 5 may well be fine, but if you're planning to sell your props, your customers with recent versions will expect them to work correctly, and you have no way of testing them: this is a recipe for disaster!

 

Good luck!

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