Thanks, both of you, for responding. I, of course, tried to find the answer in the manual and also did a search in the forums before adding this thread. Just as an fyi, I'm using Poser Pro 11.3.818.

I just now created 2 CR2s of P11 Paul. One I saved with the original geometry option and the other with the new geometry option. These are the files I got.

These are my orig Paul files.

He's character, so he has bends.

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Here's where the PaulOrig.cr2 points:

morphBinaryFile :Runtime:libraries:Character:!temp:tempPaulsave:PaulOrig.pmd

figureResFile :Runtime:libraries:Character:People:Paul:Paul.obj

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Here's where the PaulNew.cr2 points:

morphBinaryFile :Runtime:libraries:Character:!temp:tempPaulsave:PaulNew.pmd

figureResFile :Runtime:libraries:Character:People:Paul:Paul.obj

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The cr2 files point to the same obj and read the same, except for the cr2 names. The cr2s and pmds are the same size. I made a change to him (played with head morphs) and spawned a new morph. Saved again. Same thing, just slightly bigger pmds.

In the past, if I added my own cr2 to the library with a different name from the character I was using, then I'd get a new obj file.

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I wanted to see what I'd get if I turned off my pmds in the Preferences.

Both cr2s point to: figureResFile :Runtime:libraries:Character:People:Paul:Paul.obj

The cr2s are bigger. All the pmd data is in them. No new obj created.

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I dunno. I think I'll just select orig geometry, until I find a reason not to.

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