Quote - I looked at the Poser 9 price because of Etujedi's post where Hivewire is suggesting at least Poser 9 for converting from DAZ to Poser.  Wouldn't the weight mapping tools be needed for converting from DS to Poser? 

Poser 9 and Poser 10 users will be able to USE the weight mapped figures; but to develop weight-mapped figures and clothing you will need Poser Pro 2012 or Poser Pro 2014, the latter of which (2014) makes it tons easier because of new features.