I'm making a Poser prop that has two groups, and each group has a different material assigned. The prop is saved to the library just fine, when I load the saved prop in a new file it looks exactly as it's supposed to, but after I edit the .pp2 file - removing embedded geometry, as product uploading rules require it - the prop displays one material only, it's the one that's written first in the code and it's applied to the whole object, instead of just the zone it was assigned to. So if I made the prop, used the group tool to create two groups and assigned green material to one and red to the other, after I remove embedded geometry with my text editor, either the whole prop turns green, or it's all red (again, depending on which one comes first in the code, if I switch their places, the material switches as well). It's the problem when I try to make it with the old version (7) of Poser. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, whether it's the grouping tool I'm not using correctly, or I'm deleting something I shouldn't. For file editing I'm using these instructions: http://www.cocs.com/poser/props2.htm I have a feeling I'm missing something very simple and obvious

I've never had that happen, so I suspect it's the method you are following. I use Vanishing Point's (THANKS , John!) free tool available on his web page.

Please go here http://www.vanishingpoint.biz/freeitemdetail.asp?FreeItemID=421 and download Vanishing Point's fine Free Tool. Once you have it saved to your hard drive, point it to your Prop with the embedded object. Press the GO button.

This utility will pull the Object out of the prop and rewrite the prop to point to the new object. ( it will also make a back up of the original, but I've never needed to use it!). This script will place the extracted object in the same folder the prop is in.

Now, move the object into a project specific folder in the Geometries folded, I.e Geometries/VendorName/ProjectName

Edit the prop to point to the new object in the new folder. :Runtime:Geometries:VendorName:ProjectName:objName.obj

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Andy!

donnena posted at 9:55AM Thu, 09 February 2017 - #4296925

I've never had that happen, so I suspect it's the method you are following. I use Vanishing Point's (THANKS , John!) free tool available on his web page.

Please go here http://www.vanishingpoint.biz/freeitemdetail.asp?FreeItemID=421 and download Vanishing Point's fine Free Tool. Once you have it saved to your hard drive, point it to your Prop with the embedded object. Press the GO button.

This utility will pull the Object out of the prop and rewrite the prop to point to the new object. ( it will also make a back up of the original, but I've never needed to use it!). This script will place the extracted object in the same folder the prop is in.

Now, move the object into a project specific folder in the Geometries folded, I.e Geometries/VendorName/ProjectName

Edit the prop to point to the new object in the new folder. :Runtime:Geometries:VendorName:ProjectName:objName.obj

**Thanks... Had a prop that was missing the obj and this will help me get it sorted... it's a freebie... **

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Thank you for your reply, donnena. I've also found that if I set up all the groups in my modeling software before exporting the obj, the groups I set up there show up in Poser and aren't messed up after editing the .pp2 file. It may be a useful note to others who are doing this and might want to try the same thing, that I also edit the exported obj file in a text editor to name the groups manually. If your software refuses to let you edit the node names, that's the way to go.