has anyone made a rotating type hip morph that only rotates the hip to and fro, sides and front/back (FOR DANCING! shame on you...) that doesnt move the upperbody or thighs? is there even a way to do this? any help would be appriciated...

Go to top figures-Use inverse Kinematics then click on R-leg, L-leg. that will turn off the IK links. you can then move hip without moving the legs. Tashar59

yes, i'm aware of the IK use, but what I'm after is for the upperbody (abdomen and up) to stay put as well, and not bend over or back when i bend the hips. any ideas?

I'm away from my Poser machine at the moment, and I've never tried it so this is a shot in the dark: I know you can lock a figure - can you lock an element?

heyas; yes, you can lock any object (prop, figure, body part), but that won't help. whenever you turn the hip, all it's children will turn with it. that's... well, everything. you might be able to create a new ik chain starting from the abdomen and going up the torso to the head. turn that on, and then try it. :) the other option is to twist the hip, then twist the abdomen back to where it was before.

What a PITA!

what, that? that's EASY. :) in p4, anyway, you can build a new ik chain right in the hierarchy window. then test drive it. save the figure/pz3 then, if it works.

"the other option is to twist the hip, then twist the abdomen back to where it was before." That was the pita I was referring to; if you're doing an animation, that is.

oh, that? that ain't so hard, either. just change it from a - to + or vice versa. but yeah, for an animation, that would be annoying. :) if that's the most annoying thing you gotta worry about in poser, you have it easy, man ;)

Too true. :|