No: - Unzipped the oil barrel file. - Imported into Vue Infinite 11.5 - Rendered after applying the maps. - Welded - Exported with the settings I posted - Opened in Poser Pro 2014 - Rendered in Poser.

The obj came from an old zip file I picked at random from some old free downloads I'm sorting at the moment. I have a bad habit of downloading things I never use and I'm cleaning one of my hardrives and testing models to see if I should keep them.

It could be that the exports have changed. I have Plant Factory and when we had issues with obj exports in ZBrush, E-On fixed the obj exports. Could be they updated in Vue also.

Vue's obj's have always worked to open in Poser for me though as long as I remember to weld first before exporting. They exploded in ZBrush until they fixed that.

The original as downloaded does not open with textures applied, but the one exported from Vue opens OK.

Wireframes from Silo to test -

First the original opened in Silo

Now the same model exported from Vue which opened fine with UV's and textures.

UV map in Silo

Looks fine to me other than exporting with tri's, but then Vue exports with tris only I think.

Imported back to Vue and rendered quickly.

Wireframe in Vue

I tried just now without welding and as you say, it exported a total mess. I don't know why.

I think exports may see some more improvements from their work with Plant Factory. They likely had not much reason to worry about exporting meshes from an environment program as long as xStream worked OK with the intended softwares.

I usually export as 3ds or lwo as they seem to have less issues. They all open in Poser fine and when I had issues I'd just take to Poser and then re-export.

The original is two objects totaling 2014 poly's. The spout is a seperate object.