HiveWire3D is about the biggest most experienced company you could get to make Poser characters.
You can still see HiveWire3D topology on V6.
I don't have V7 so can't say but V7 was built on all the V's before her so HW3D will always be part of the V's.
and We all know how Dawn's doing. 

lets do a new this vs that app.
lets go Max vs Poser.
Witch is same as saying Max,Lightwave,Maya,Houdinie,C4D vs Poser DAZ.

Say we make a character for Poser and it has to be perfect out of the box cause they won't tweak rigs ,maps or anything.
But they will yell about are mesh if are mesh is not there perception of perfection.
They want the perfect mesh for $50.00 and they want 1/2 million pages of content for $10.00.
They want the close and hair conforming.
Conforming cloths n hair are 10x's more of a hassle to make then dynamic cloths n hair.
you would need a studio full of 3D Artist willing to work for pennies a hour to get no where enough done.

or

We could sell a character to Max ,that would tweak the mesh to there liking and make there own close n hair
or buy are hassle free dynamic hair n cloths.and make 1/2 million dollars like nikola dechev did.

I really don't see a lot of 3D Artist competing for Vicky's Crown.

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