I've used the grouping tool a few times in the past with varying degrees of success. Wish I'd have had the foresight to have taken some notes, because now I can't remember how I did what I did. The grouping tool is either not especially 'user friendly' or I'm quite the dumbass (don't be so quick to agree...).

Here is what I need to do: I have a prop of a tailed tuxedo jacket, and I'm trying to remove the lower portions and the sleeves and save the remaining pieces as a collared vest-sorta-thingie. I'm doing something radically wrong, because I keep ending up with individual parts (the chest, a single shoulder, etc.) instead of one solid vest.

Any help or advice you Poser Gurus could give would be most appreciated and rewarded with a heapin' helping of some seriously good karma. Thanks in advance, mi amigos.