Thanks for taking the time to have a look at this. I did have a quick search and saw Wine Staging as a possible fix, as well as Play On Linux and Winetricks. Time for a look around all my spare PC stuff and put together a spare machine to dive into the Linux learning curve

Poser 11 , 180Gb in 8 Runtimes, PaintShop Pro 9
Windows 7 64 bit, Avast AV, Comodo Firewall
Intel Q9550 Quad Core cpu,  16Gb RAM, 250Gb + 250Gb +160Gb HD, GeForce GTX 1060