I'm specifically talking about the modeling aspect of it, so I posted it here.  But yes in the end I want the stuff to be useable in poser.  So this is a modeling/poser question.

When you model clothing, for 3D models - you are suppose to assign the clothing groups that closely match the groups in the model you are creating for.  Correct so far?

So when I go into hex and make the groups, I use the extract command.

Ok so this is the part I don't understand - people say "make sure your groups are welded"  but when I weld things, it will all  become one part.  IE lose all my groups.  To my common sense thinking weld means "join two things together in such a way that they become one".

So are there different kinds of welding?  Because obviously if I weld the groups and they become one group then Poser isn't going to read this thing right and my item will not conform right.  

Now when other people have done this for me, it seems thier groups are not "one thing"  they are more than one aligned perfectly and in such a way that they look like one.  But if I grab the arrow they will move away from the rest.  Pieces made like this work.

What is it that people mean when they say to me to "weld my groups"?

Have I made any sense at all?

Thanks in advance,
Jaci

I am:  aka Velocity3d