Hmm... in my experience I don't use any import options in Poser (under normal circumstances) and I only export with "Include existing groups in polygon groups" (again under normal circumstance) and I don't have any issues.  If a modeler is splitting the groups, that's something else, of course.

There are parts of the Gen 3 meshes that aren't welded to start with.  Could be the eyeballs for all I know, I haven't investigated what actually would get welded.  But if I export A3's mesh with the settings I posted, I get the same number or unwelded verts as the vanilla A3 mesh.  If Poser was splitting them out there, it would be a difference and a large one.

I'm also not saying that nothing ever got botched from an export from Poser either.  I am confident it happens (but also in modelers too).

Anyways, I'm hoping for a resolution to the anomalies in your figures, JP, I do lurk around and I realize you have put a lot of work into them. :)

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