Quote - If the clothes MD creates are dynamic as I recall, why not import a M4 with his arms down as your avatar into MD.  Would that allow it to fit a bit better?  Or would that make fitting the patterns too dificult?

Two reasons, both of which are due to compromise: 

First, there is a default offset between the cloth and the avatar figure.  With arms fully down, the cloth is squeezed between the arms and the torso (or legs, etc.), and the program has a hard time with that...(same thing happens in Poser's Cloth room when a pose puts two body parts too close together).

Second, the 45 degree is a good compromise between the standard T-pose that most Poser simulations would start with, and an arms-down position.  It allows me to see where extra work is needed to suit both extremes.

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