I have Poser 4 and AutoCAD2000, and this will not change anytime soon, so PLEASE don't give advice based on the assumed posession of Max or Raydream or any other supplemental modelling program. I have been using AutoCAD professionally for quite a few years and have become quite good at it. I am trying to learn how to translate mechanical and other 3D designs from AutoCAD (by way of the .3ds export) into fully poseable props/figures for use in Poser and related programs. I wish to concentrate on weapons, armor, and mechanical props, but intend to dally in new/modified figures as well. I have been able to export from .dxf as .3ds, import .3ds parts into P4, export them as individual and assembled .OBJ files. No sweat. I have successfully created .phi files using PHI Builder. I have converted said files. The problems start when doing the joints. I am running into some problems, mostly with the so-called "automatically generated joints between parent and child objects" when I convert the hierarchy file. The seams frequently do not blend or join up, so I end up with props containing detachable or floating parts, and semi-seamed parts. I have yet to determine where the error lies. I am quite fed up with all the trial and error... too many errors! This is - to understate things - a trifle annoying. Does anyone have a line on advice or a tutorial which will spoon-feed me with instructions written as though intended for a retarded earthworm? Thanks.