Here's the code for the definition of a dummy channel I use in a lot of figures. The reason I use it is to force poser to read the materials in the correct order. This dummy actor contains all the materials in the correct order and appears as the 1st actor in the obj, thereby forcing poser to use it's order. It's locked, invisible, scaled down and removed from the menu, but it still appears in the hier editor. Anyone know how I can get rid of it? I seem to remember trying removing the 'addtomenu' line and it didn't work. ------------------------------ actor blank:1 { name blank off bend 0 dynamicsLock 1 hidden 1 addToMenu 0 castsShadow 0 includeInDepthCue 0 parent BODY:1 channels -------- channels info here------ endPoint 0 0 0 origin 0 0 0 orientation 0 0 0 displayOrigin 0 displayMode USEPARENT customMaterial 0 locked 1 ---------------------------------- The only channels it has are the 6 Offset channels. mac

I meant, of course, remove the 'addChild' statement, not 'addtomenu'. Removing 'addChild' causes the materials to revert to any old order they want... and the actor STILL appears in the hier editor. mac

Hi Mac, I don't know how to hide the dummy in the hierarchy editor. But you can remove the 6 offset channels from the dummy (offset channels are only required, if the body part has rotate and/or scale channels). The code then looks like: channels { }

Oh, thanks, VK. For some reason I was reluctant to remove the Offsets, just in case. So, no way to get it out the hier.... oh well.. It's not a problem. mac