I am trying to make a prop and assign materials to it so I can color it without mapping it. I made it in Amapi, renamed parts/areas of it in Carrara, and imported it into Poser (Pro Pack, on a Mac in OS X, Classic mode System 9.2). I use the group names from Carrara to select sections and assign them materials using the group tool. Everything seems okay until I save and come back. Then I have all sorts of bizzare group names added that don't seem to select any part of the actual model. (See attached picture for example group name. On the pull down list, these names are followed by a hot key prompt for command 2.) Also, some of the polygons just start disappearing! I suddenly have holes where none were before. I have overwritten parts of areas previously assigned one material with a new material (to make stripes, etc.), but I don't think that is causing this. I have saved previous versions as props, and when I've tried going back to them, some of them have more added groups and/or holes than later versions. Does anyone have any idea what is going on? I'd really appreciate some help! Let me know if you need more info. Thanks!

I've had same problems before. Get the SR3 update for pro pack and it might fix your problems. After you save poser saves it as internal geometry and is not doing it very well. I used to get the missing (holes in mesh) polygons too. Update fixed that too.

Thanks for the tip!

Just a follow up -- that was the problem. Thanks again for your help.