I never do animations, so I don't need the timeline window. For scenes that are not animated, the timeline doesn't show. But some scenes of mine have accidentally acquired animation information somehow, and when I open them the timeline always pops up.

I know I can get rid of it each time by hitting F11, but is there any way I can just kill all the animation for good? In Poser one can do this by setting the number of frames to 1, but I can't find a way to do it in Vue.

I think you can undock the timeline so that it is easier to close when that then undocked window pops up. Seems to me the fastest way - instead of changing animation lengths.

To kill all animation, set the actual time to zero ( = time-slider to zero, or, in the recorder-style group of buttons down left, the leftmost button), 'select all' (or just the animated things) -> menu item 'animation' -> delete object animation, deselect. Close the timeline by clicking on the 'clap' button at top right of the interface, re-save the scene. Animation shouldn't show up any longer. :-)

Great! Thanks!