Hello Boz, just started checking your dress.

I loaded Sydney at frame 1
Loaded your dress at frame 1

But?? When I pose Sydney to fit inside the dress. (there can be NO poking at frame 1), I did see that:

The dress mesh has 2 serious problems ;
A) The dress is NOT symmetrical .
B) There is a gap, or a not welded piece in the left armpit. Both lower armpits have modelling and or non welding problems. The mesh is broken in the armpits. And can as such not be used as it will open up during a cloth sim.

And the dress arms-sleeves being at 45° down makes it hard to find and pose for Sydney’s arms to get completely inside the sleeves at frame 1. ==> Better to model in the "T" pose.

However? I managed to get it to work completely, once I found the Sydney arms settings to have absolutely NO poking at frame 1.
But I can not pose the arms up, as the dress mesh gap under the armpits will open up during the simm.

The shoulders **symmetry differences are :

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Up-Down  è Right at 46°  versus Left at -43°
Front-Back  è Right at  2° versus Left at -7°

**Lessons learned:
**The dress is not symmetrical.
The right sleeve is 2° forward of neutral, the left sleeve is 7° behind neutral.
The right sleeve is 46° down and the left sleeve is 43° down.

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Always check and double check to have absolutely no poking at frame 1
The figure HAS to be inside the clothing at frame 1,

I add 2 pictures:
One to show where the mesh is broken under the left lower armpit.
One where the simm went OK, once I found all the settings on Sydneys shoulders and forearms to have NO poking at frame 1.
You can see both arm - sleeves down next to the body, and both arms – sleeves simmed OK

But the gaps in the armpits are breaking and opening.

When I run a simm to lift the arms above the head, both cloth lower armpits break open.

If you have more questions, please feel free to ask.

Best regards, and happy Posering
Tony

Poser 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, P8 and PPro2010, P9 and PP2012, P10 and PP2014 Game Dev
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