I really dont get how to get the BVH "bones" from Poser/V 1/2/3 to attach on to the Imported figure in Cinema.. wolf how did you once say you used to do it.. I have P5 so as you can see where iam coming from. Ive been getting very good with Cinema8 but I cant get the bone to be attached to the figure so I can more it there one unclear step im not doing as everything as in alignment is already correct. Damn what a headache this is ... if someone knows where a good ass tutorial is let me know...

Please.. :-/

You have to assign vertex maps to the mesh and restriction tags to the bones with references to the vertex maps in them. You can use Set Vertex Weight or use the ClaudeBonet tool if you have the MOCCA module. So, if not using ClaudeBonet, for the left leg, select all of the polygons of it. Go to main menu -> Selection -> Set Vertex Weight. A Vertex Map tag will appear in the tags for the mesh. Give it a unique name, like VM_LeftLeg. Then, add a Restriction Tag to one of the bones in the left leg and enter the name of the Vertex Map in the restriction field (Tag Properties). Copy this tag to all of the other left leg bones (Ctrl+drag). The bones of the left leg will now influence the left leg mesh (and only the left leg mesh). Kuroyume

lol :D well well.. sounds like a little bit of work :D have fun with the fingers :p

Its an extrodinarily tedious process due to the complexity of poser meshes, and you still my have to ad placeholder bones to help control the mesh deformation. thats why i have stayed with C4DXL7.3 and the poser propack for character animation imports

yeah.... when your not doing animation is posing in poser and exporting to cinema the better way

While I agree that it is a tedious process, it is no more than any equivalent bone rig on a non-Poser character (in almost any other 3D app). Poser uses other means to control mesh deformation (not necessarily the best), so, yes, you may need control bones as well. Kuroyume