EldritchCellar posted at 10:52PM Thu, 31 December 2015 - #4246662

Yeah you can rename your groups in poser. This will only propagate to a poser saved .obj file though. I tend to stay away from any in Poser modified .obj files, I don't like the variables and additional lines of Poser specific (useless IMO) whatnot that Poser adds.

Quick tip: take your .obj and change the extension .obj to .txt.

Open that file in a text editor.

Let's say you have a group named AB1 that you would like to rename abdomen.

Search/find with the text editor: g AB1

The text editor will locate the line g AB1

Change that line to g abdomen.

Save your file (always keep an unmodified backup though) as .obj or drop the .txt extension.

What you have just done is located the group AB1 and changed its name to abdomen. It's that simple.

That does sound incredibly simple! Thanks Eldritch! Since I already have it open in UV Mapper, I tried Kerwin's method and the option to assign to group was grayed out. I can select the group, but can't assign it to a group again for some reason. So, for now, I think that changing the name in text file will work, and I can refer to the model in UV Mapper to see what group is what since I could never remember what they are as currently named, haha.

So, I'll export without materials, keep this version open for reference, and start re-naming the groups in the version I exported. Unless I have no real need to wipe the materials? Will it save me time? Will it actually show up in Poser with the texture maps and stuff I've assigned? It didn't long ago when I used GoZ. I'm just paranoid and don't trust ZBrush. When maps are always flipped, things like that... Figured to keep a clean slate and manually add on textures and materials after I got a rigged model.

It's actually great to have two or more people saying the same thing though because, in my newbishness, I tend not to budge on something unless I know EXACTLY what is going on and I don't like to assume I understood someone until I heard it said twice and both descriptions seem to mean the same thing. So, for me, it's super helpful. I'm also getting multiple options which is nice when balancing time saving methods with solid backup plans.

Eldritch, I actually love the way you explain things, you and Kerwin both are helping me understand this software so much better. But definitely, I don't break your back or lose any sleep over it. :) I totally understand where you're coming from. You've set me off in the right direction.

I will try to apply what I learned and update soon.