would appreciate a few pointers here to get me going...

i set up a figure with clothes and adjusted everything so that the clothes work in all the poses i am using. i want to reuse it in scenes without having to construct it each time. that is basically accomplished using standard poser by saving it to the library. i like that a lot, but it could be better.

when i insert it into a scene, it keeps the clothes separate and the current figure is the last piece of clothing and i think the current actor is the hips. (i never have understood why poser always defaults to the hips.) if i want to resize it, i have to resize each piece of clothing.

the second problem which could be a separate thread is that the figure on disk is huge. however the render time is fine.

question 1: is there a way to combine everything into the character like with JamesCasual without using rocket science? i have some basic experience with poserpython, so i could perhaps develop a script with a little  help.

question 2: why is the file so big and what can i do about it?

i think that the file is big because i probably selected all morph targets to make sure that something would work. i don't wish to fix that manually and have plenty of disk space but if there is a solution, i would like to know about it. i think i have seen mention of scripts for zeroing morphs but i don't know where.

i appreciate all the help i have received from my posts and all the information generated on the forum. the forum is like having family. poser is the ultimate challenge but i think members of the forum have shown by their results that it is well worth the effort.