Hi:
Looking for some assistance with parenting of props (i.e. hair) to a Poser figure in Poser Pro.  I Tried to do the"replace body part with prop" but the prop does not show up in the drop down list, in fact, the list says "none."  I assume that there is another method that I have missed.
*I am importing my figure into C4D via IPP and I find that the hair tends to move when I move or select the head or neck while in C4D.  Not sure if there is a way to accomplish this sort of parenting from within IPP, so, I am attempting to accomplish the task prior to the export from PPro.
*Thank you in advance.

You are not "replacing" anything.

You are "adding" (+) the hair as a parented prop (object) to a figure's head.

cheers,
dr geep
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cheers,

dr geep ... :o]

edited 10/5/2019

Quote - You are not "replacing" anything.

You are "adding" (+) the hair as a parented prop (object) to a figure's head.

cheers,
dr geep
;=]

Thank you, Dr. Geep, however, while I fully understand the concept, the program does not give me the option to parent the hair prop to the figure.  That is, the prop does not show up on the list of parentable items and it is for that reason that I sought an alternative approach, ergo, "replace part."

are you sure the hair is a prop. Some Poser hair is actually a conforming figure .

Replacing the head with the hair would not be a suitable option even if it worked .

What I do in Lightwave is pose the figure with hair and clothes and export the whole thing as 1 object. It cant be altered but thats normally ok for me since I am just rendering .

I would post this in the C4d forum (if there is one ) as an interposer question . or site mail koryume dirst, he has some tutorials on his website .

As mentioned, Hair comes in two forms (ignoring dynamic hair):

• Hair prop - this is parented to the figure's head.  With iPP this should occur automatically if done in Poser and imported into iPP as a scene or if the figure is selected in C4D while importing the Hair prop it will be smart-parented to the figure's head.

• Hair figure - this type of hair needs to be conformed to the target figure.  With iPP you simply open the figure hierarchy one level (to see the BODY and other conformers if any) and drag-n-drop the hair at the same level as the body (under the figure Polygon object at the top of the figure hierarchy).  iPP automagically conforms the Hair figure.

If you are importing the figure with iPP but bringing the hair in using Poser Pro, conforming will not work (as PP will bring the hair in as static geometry).  You should be capable of parenting this to the head iPP Base object under the imported figure hierarchy.  There may be some adjustment required since smart-parenting will not occur in this circumstance but the hair object will then 'stick' to the head and follow its rotations and figure position changes.

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Hi:
Thank you for the IPP information. 

I assumed that the hair was a prop since it was loaded from the props folder, however, that was obviously an erroneous assumption.  Since the hair will conform, **I guess that I am dealing with a "hair figure." ** I will therefore follow your advice vis-a-vis the suggested parenting from within IPP.
Thank you once again.