Hi there, I am sorry for this rather bizarre post. I really do not mean to troll. I wondered, could anybody have a look in the current Poser Pro documentation to see what is actually written there about the side effects of memorizing a pose? Is there anything that would indicate a relation to either IK, conforming, or both? I recently learned it can have an effect on IK, this was new to me, must have missed it. Sometimes one misses the most obvious things. I do not have a working computer at home, and no access to the documentation PDFs. But I think it might be a good information for those of you who use PML, and if there was something written, it would not hurt to point everyone onto it. Maybe others are not aware either. I had no reports about IK not behaving, but this might be because PML doesnt work with IK enabled anyway :) Cheers, col

Quote - Hi there, I am sorry for this rather bizarre post. I really do not mean to troll. I wondered, could anybody have a look in the current Poser Pro documentation to see what is actually written there about the side effects of memorizing a pose? Is there anything that would indicate a relation to either IK, conforming, or both? I recently learned it can have an effect on IK, this was new to me, must have missed it. Sometimes one misses the most obvious things. I do not have a working computer at home, and no access to the documentation PDFs. But I think it might be a good information for those of you who use PML, and if there was something written, it would not hurt to point everyone onto it. Maybe others are not aware either. I had no reports about IK not behaving, but this might be because PML doesnt work with IK enabled anyway :) Cheers, col

This is what the manual says:

Memorize
While working, you might arrive at a convenient stopping
point. You know you like what you have so far and do not want
to revert all the way back to the Poser default state should you
need to restore one or more scene elements (or even the entire
scene) at a later time. No problem. Select Edit > Memorize and
the element(s) you wish to memorize (the list is the same as for
the Restore submenu, above). Doing this essentially changes
the default for your selected item(s), which can be undesirable
in some cases. Redoing this operation saves the new default
overwriting the old. If you later select Edit > Restore, your
element(s) will be restored to the last memorized settings.

It is very important when setting up new figures
to use the Edit > Memorize > Figure command
to preserve default poses so that Inverse Kinematics
works properly.

Memorization works on a per-file basis, meaning that
memorizing defaults in one file does not affect the defaults of
other Poser files or Library entries.

Thanks! I guess most people who actually make figures have read this and know about the effect of memorize. Thats a good thing. As I do not vendor any content, it was new to me.

One more thing: Does IK matter for conforming items like cloth? I do not remember well but conforming cloths come with IK turned off? Is it only relevant for "base" figures?

I think it is only relevant for base figures. It would not make sense for conforming figures since it essentially locks endparts in place which would defeat the conforming part

Here is portion of what the manual says about IK:

The extremity moves, and IK determines how the objects joined to it must respond in order to support the new placement. If you raise your hand straight out to the side, your hand, arm, and shoulder must move to accommodate your hand’s new position. Or if someone was to grab your hand and push, your arm would bend while your body remains still.

Poser supports IK for the arms and legs. With IK enabled, you can translate the hands and feet and achieve appropriate arm and leg positions automatically. IK creates targets to indicate the end of the chain. When the hands or feet move, the target is set to its new position. Moving any other body part keeps the target in its original position relative to the rest of the body. Once the target is reached, the end of the chain is fixed and the other parts must bend to accommodate the hand or foot position. For example, a foot reaches its target and the knee bends.

Just in case you want to read it now: http://poser.smithmicro.com/update_files/Poser-Pro-Reference-Manual.pdf

The links is on the update page for SR3

I did a project using a large set of short animated poses that had to join seamlessly.  I found that when using IK with pose dots that you do have to be consistant.  Poses memorized with IK on can give a different result when applied to a figure with IK off. It will cause hands and feet to flip around, mainly.

Another thing I ran into is that parameter dials seem to report the user set value, even if IK has changed that value.  We were dealing with precise angular measurements, so I pretty much had to turn IK off, as it was preventing Poser from reporting correct values.