I need to create a prop (object) in RDS5, export it as an object (*.obj) - import into Poser (4) but when this is done, the imported prop has "soft" edges. I need to create in RDS5 and use in Poser (4) with "sharp" edges. Anyone know how to do this? Thanks, in advance, for your input.

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make each side of the cube a seperate object- fit 6 flat planes together to form a cube. I think it should work.

Ok, thanks lynnJ. I'll try it.

Please correct me if I'm wrong but it looks to me as though you have the captions reversed. The hard edged cube is what I'd expect from RDS while the cube with the softer edges is what I'd normally see it Poser. As to your problem, getting Poser to render a hard edge isn't an easy task. It's set up to soften edges like you'd expect of an organic form. My experience has been that if you add a lot of polygons along the edges, the crisp the edges will end up when you render the model. There is a tesselate function in the MFM that should help with that.

"Tis a bit cumbersome, but it WORKS! Thank you very much. (because I'm not just working with cubes; some "objects" have 10 or more flat surfaces that need to be aligned) To bushi: No, the captions are not reversed. The above was rendered in Poser; the Poser box prop has the hard edges wilst the imported (RDS5) box renders with soft edges.

Thanks Allie. I'll go play with that one for a while.

Allie, your solution works - but - an imported *.dxf object will not accept a texture. I need to be able to texture the objects with a map. Still looking . . . . . .

What you have to do is get a "dummy" edge right up near the corner, the rounding Poser does is just a function of how far it is to the next vertice. RDS default cube has only 1 face per side, try subdividing it about 4 times and you will see what I mean. In 3DS you can cut polygons to do this, I don't remember RDS having a easy wau to do this though- if you do partial dubdividing RDS will make "bad" mesh, with polygons that will open holes if you do much with them.

Thanks, Jim. I'll go try that.