This is what happens when you go away (sans computer) for a couple of months..... I can't for the life of me get a prop made of Poser boxes to save to the library. It's just 7 aligned boxes, all parented to #1 (the middle block). I want to use it as a basic element, to be assembled into steps, walls, etc. Can't find the method in my (copious!) notes or in the Manual or by a Forum search.....Which makes me certain that it's something so simple that I'll utter a loud "DOH!" when one of you tells me how to do it....sigh.

Umm, select the parent box and save. When the window pops up select "Save Subset" and select the rest of the boxes. I'm listening for the DOH!

DOH!***

And I also discovered that I can export the group as a Wavefront OBJ and it will re-import as a whole. Now I'm wondering how to deselect an element of it, rather than the whole thing.....? (I know----I'm just full of dumb questions today)

...DOH... Sorry, Pat. I knew that I did it a year and a half ago (company logo in 3D... but I don't want to think about that company) but I couldn't remember HOW I did it and the Mac is off because it needs a replacement hard drive. ::deep sigh:: Carolly

heyas; the trick is, you can't select a subset AND have the props remember their parents, both at the same time. when you reload the box set, they won't be parented to #1. if you export them all as an obj and import it, it's all one obj. you can't deselect part of an obj. you could use the grouping tool and spawn props from the groups, but then you'd end up back where you started, with boxes #1-7. :)

Thank you all. Now I'm wondering just how many other little Poser actions I've forgotten....?!

You can have box number 1 parented to a target and have all the rest of the props parented to box #1 It does however require that you hand edit the pp2 file created by the prop. Right at the top of the parameters section of the pp2 you'll see a bunch of lines that are initial command parameters name Prop_1 on bend 1 dynamicsLock 1 hidden 0 addToMenu 1 castsShadow 1 includeInDepthCue 1 smartparent Hip:1 channels It's the smartparent line that you want to edit. If the prop is aligned in poser to how you want it and parented to a body part, open the pp2 (once saved) in a text editor and change the smartparent line to read the body part the prop is parented to. Then when you next load the prop it will load parented to that body part with all the other parts following along.

Oh, forgot to mention to make sure that in a multipart prop that you are parenting the exact piece that is parented in the main screen. For instance say you've made an earring which has four parts. box1, box2, box3, box4 these will be identified by the line name box1 name box2 etc. It's the one with name box1 that you will need to edit. All the rest will already be smart parented. Hope that helps

Thank you, Questor....Ummm, I have a sinking feeling that I'll never the Poser skill level necessary to actually do an operation like that, but I'm gonna print it out and save it anyway, just because I appreciate your answering so quickly!