Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: How can I...

Moonfire opened this issue on Dec 19, 2008 · 8 posts


Moonfire posted Fri, 19 December 2008 at 11:49 AM

.....save 6 figures as a prop?

I'm working on a picture using the emitters and holo-lumi from the AS Bioflow outfit. I have them positioned in a line of three on her (Alice) upper right arm. They are all parented to her right shoulder and all the holo-lumis are parented to their respective emitters. The thing is..it took me ages to get them all set up and well quite frankly I'm lazy and was wondering if there's a way to save them so I can load it all at once.

Anyone got any suggestions?


ockham posted Fri, 19 December 2008 at 11:53 AM

Easiest probably is to save it as a scene. (PZ3 file.)  You can then merge
the whole thing with other scenes, using the File: Import menu choice.

Be sure to "clean out" the scene before saving: eliminate everything you
don't want to be bringing in again.  Especially, delete all the lights before saving.

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Moonfire posted Fri, 19 December 2008 at 11:56 AM

So do I have to get rid of V4 and everything as well?


markschum posted Fri, 19 December 2008 at 12:14 PM

You should be able to save the fogure with all clothes and props to the figure library. Then when you add it to the scene everything should load together .

Save the scene first in full, so if it doesnt work you can try again.


lesbentley posted Mon, 22 December 2008 at 10:51 AM

Markschum is right. You can save everything to one cr2 (character file) in figure pallet (library). Props (pp2) parented to a figure will automatically save with the figure when you save it to the Figure Pallet. When a figure has other figures (cr2) parented to it you will get an option to save all the figures as a "Whole Group".

With your main figure selected, from the Library pallet on the right hand side of the Poser Document Window, choose the Figures pallet, if desired select a sub pallet, click on the + sign at the bottom of the pallet, and if prompted chose "Whole Group".

Parented lights will also be saved with the figure, but note that only one instance of a light name can exist in the scene, eg you can only have one "Light 4" in a scene. If you load a cr2 that contains a light with the same name as one already in the scene then the original one will be replaced by the one you load.


107Cornfields posted Tue, 23 December 2008 at 8:42 AM

Quote - Easiest probably is to save it as a scene. (PZ3 file.)  You can then merge
the whole thing with other scenes, using the File: Import menu choice.

Is it possible to load a .pz3 file and literally mege it with another?

When I load a .pz3 file it is loaded in as a whole new scene - I dont get an option to merge the current scene.

Am I missing something?


Dizzi posted Tue, 23 December 2008 at 9:02 AM

Quote -
When I load a .pz3 file it is loaded in as a whole new scene - I dont get an option to merge the current scene.

Am I missing something?

Yes. File -> Import -> Poser Document/Prop



107Cornfields posted Wed, 24 December 2008 at 4:06 AM

Lovely - thank you

That should speed up development a lot