I think it might be a good idea to try another export option out of Max. Or maybe a dirrent set up for the .obj e3xtension.
Be right back with another try.
Thanks Wark!
Tom

Quote - Okay, that looks like a model problem and not a poser problem.

Hi Wark,
Go back into Hex and inset all six sides and then extrude them inward and then export.
That is what I did in Max.
Please post an image and see if you have an issue then?
Maybe it is Max.
Regards, Tom

Hey Bag. go back and read my first post and you will see that I already said there was not an issue with a simple cube so i modified it a little I am talking about a simple modification and then you will see the issue.
If I was going to model and texture cubes for a living I would be golden. :-)
I find that people want a little more than that, and that is where I run into problems.
Now what do you have as a constructive advice on how to deal with 90 degree corners.
Thanks all the replies guys!
regards, tom

Is there a way for Poser to deal with 90 degree corners with out me modeling every single square corner as two individual surfaces?
Example:
1 create a cube in 3D Studio Max that is any size or scale
2 export it as an .obj file at what ever scale
3 import it into Poser and turn smoothing down to zero on the cube itself
4 there are issues with the corners because evidently Poser was not taking into account rigid models when it was designed I.E. smoothing default of 80* for human figures
5 Go back into Max and detach each of the 6 sides of the cube
6 select all six different models that are individual planes to comprise a cube
7 export them as an .obj file
8 import into Poser and set smoothing for that file to zero
9 render and viola no smoothing issues.
10 imagine having to do that with Fishers Warehousing.
So is there a work around with out all the extra work to make Poser see things differently?
By the way I just tried the example and there are not issues,
I modified the cube and did an inset on all six sides and then extruded inside a few units and then there is an issue on the main corners.
Regards, Tom

Is it okay to ask?

No I did not say scale I meant sale I am having a sale.
:-)

I heard the forums here on Renderosity were friendly and kind. Sorry if I offended any one here.
Thought I was just asking a simple question.
In the end, I will probably not be back to ask for help again. :-(

I just ran an experiment and exported a 100 foot cube and exported out of max at a few different scales and came to the conclusion that I will have to settle for .01 as the scale that is close enough and tweak the rest. I increased the decimal precision to 4 digists in Max and it still only allows 3 digits on an export.
I tried two different scales other than .01
one was .011 which was too big
one was .009 which was too small
as Max will only allow 3 digits on export as you can see I have the closest scale possible as I can not even try
one as .0085 etc etc.
So thanks for all the suggestions guys. but I am afraid I have to just wing it.
Regards, Tom
by for now

Quote - I don't know but...

May be of some use to know that Wings (I know, not MAX) files need to be reduced to 1.115%, when working at one grid unit to one inch.  To me, that sounds awfully close to what you're experiencing with MAX. 

Now we are getting somewhere. I will try a ten foot box and see if it works out right to size.
:-)

Quote - import a poser fig to max at 1000 for refreance, and export your model  at .001
rest your pivot piont to 0

What are you suggesting? Are not there different sises of characters in Poser?
I just want to know the scale in decimal form that is all.
Does any one know what it is?
Is it .011
is it .012
is it .009
etc etc
:-)

Max has no relation to other programs scale other that some lame guesses for presets. I.E. the one for Poser in .obj format is .04 which is about 4 times too big. That is why I am asking what the exact scale is for Poser. Hope that makes sense .
In other words Max builds at full real world size. Poser works at around .01 of 1 which is about 100 times smaller than real world size.
I have found that it is not really exactly 100 times smaller but somewhere around 98.6 times or 101.4 times smaller but I want to know if anyone knows the exact scale.
:-)

Windows 7 has a different folder structure. You will have to report this to Daz and wait for them to give you a fix. That is if you can not create a dummy folder set up on your desktop and install there.
If you try that just make sure you have the runtime setup inside your dummy folder.
One of the reasons I left Daz was because of their installers.
What happened to good old fashioned drag and drop. :-)
Regards, Tom

Glad to have you here! Very sorry to hear about your sister.
Regards, Tom
AKA Dreamland Models