A follow up to the post below.  The vendor suggested I import the Poser 7 prop as an .obj file rather than a .pz3 as I had been doing.  I did that and the problem may be gone ( I can't be sure until I see it textured), but I can't get Vue 8 to recognize any of the textures. 

The names of the textures are showing up in the imported materials list, but they are all just a plain gray flat texture.  and when i go into the advanced material editor and click on mapped picture in Color and Alpha it says "none." 

Vue saw the textures when I imported as a .pz3.  All the textures are in the same file as the .ojb file. 

What am I doing wrong?