I have the tip of a sword looking fine in wings 3d with no problems but in poser it gives me this "cleft" going down the tip from the dip in the middle. How do I fix it?

Here is the image and the wireframe.

Here is the wireframe.

Attached Link: http://youtu.be/k_S1INdEmdI

The cleft is there in the model it seems. You  have tris where you don't need them (down the center there), which may clean things up but you should watch this video for help on making your models cleaner:

 

http://youtu.be/k_S1INdEmdI

 

Though you may not be subdividing your model, there are important notes in the video on how to avoid the very thing you're seeing.

Or Smoothing maybe?

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So is that TTFN or TANSTAAFL?

Long sharp tris are a no-no in modeling, and Poser does not like them either.

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Quote - The cleft is there in the model it seems. You  have tris where you don't need them (down the center there), which may clean things up but you should watch this video for help on making your models cleaner:

 

http://youtu.be/k_S1INdEmdI

 

Though you may not be subdividing your model, there are important notes in the video on how to avoid the very thing you're seeing.

 

Thanks, that taught me a lot. I made the change to quads and it seems to have cleared the issue with the cleft. Only now there is a buldge lol. Guess I need to keep learning.

I think tris are probably valid enough in a model like this one?

It's just when they're long and thin that they become an issue... am I right in understanding that?

Quote - I think tris are probably valid enough in a model like this one?

It's just when they're long and thin that they become an issue... am I right in understanding that?

All I know is that when I subdivided it into quads it fixed the problem...it did however make a bump outwards though. But I think that is due to the way the edges are at different "x-trans" positions...with the middle being further out and the side edges being in a little.

the bulge you're getting is due to the position of one of these vertices. It most likely is higher than others on that line.

Poser smoothing may be screwing with those long tris.