Modo lets you easily assign parts and surface groups to obj. exports that can be read by Poser without any hassle at all. Lightwave should allow you to do this as well, (at least it could in version 8 and 9.) At some point, a Lightwave update dropped the obj. export grouping information, but they should have fixed that years ago.

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