Found an obj. exporter plugin from Habware that fixed the problem and cutdown on a few steps. Thanx for the help guys. (or girls)

Thnx for the info Tricertops: You suggest making a mirror of the mirrored object? Hmm.. I didnt think of that. I'll try that tonight. Macsen: I have opened the 3DS files in max and tried converting them to meshes and editable polygons, sometimes both. Still imports the wrong way in poser. I did notice that the scale on the object is all -100 on the xyz plane. Thnx for your both your input.