Anthony, Poser doesn't reset a character once you've saved the IK-free one back to the library. However, it is the default condition for anything newly loaded, and it is a nuisance. If I were to pose a character with gun-in-hand, I'd be pissed to have to take IK off the weapon as well as clothing and figure. I'd certainly never "aim the arm" by tugging at the gun... sheesh... (almost 15 years experience as an animator). The gun would simply be parented to the hand, and the body parts moved with those nice precise dials. Most humans don't fall apart if a hand is pulled, so even folks who prefer to use the cursor can grab and move things without relying upon IK chains. I have had a bat lose its head and wings (not welded), but that is one mesh out of hundreds... and IK wouldn't have saved it. Carolly