On Fri,  5 Dec 2008 13:23:42 EST, "SharkD" <nomail@nomail> wrote:

>Here's another question: if I were to create the bones and keyframes using one
>of these tools, could I then export the animation data back into POV?


I've not worked with bones but I have created a few animations in Poser. There
are two methods of exporting the data back to Pov. The one I use mostly is
exporting the models as meshes which I convert to a usable format with PoseRay.
The other method is to export as a BVH text file which you could input using the
#read directive. (I'll paste a few example lines at the end. As far as I know
Poser will export all the frames not just the key frames. (It will do the
interpolation for you)

BVH

HIERARCHY
ROOT Hips
{
  OFFSET 0.00 0.00 0.00
  CHANNELS 6 Xposition Yposition Zposition Zrotation Xrotation Yrotation
  JOINT LeftUpLeg
  {
    OFFSET 3.43 0.00 0.00
    CHANNELS 3 Zrotation Xrotation Yrotation
    JOINT LeftLowLeg
    {
      OFFSET 0.00 -18.47 0.00
      CHANNELS 3 Zrotation Xrotation Yrotation
      JOINT LeftFoot
      {
        OFFSET 0.00 -17.95 0.00
        CHANNELS 3 Zrotation Xrotation Yrotation
        End Site
        {
          OFFSET 0.00 -3.12 0.00
        }
      }
    }
  }
  JOINT RightUpLeg
  {
    OFFSET -3.43 0.00 0.00
    CHANNELS 3 Zrotation Xrotation Yrotation
    JOINT RightLowLeg
    {
      OFFSET 0.00 -18.47 0.00

[snip]


MOTION
Frames:	203
Frame Time:	0.03
10.63 38.06 -33.43 2.14 22.54 -112.19 30.23 -21.56 20.67 0.23 56.17 -0.27 4.79
-26.76 -0.33 -164.09 -85.51 -164.80 -178.71 84.30 178.80 -21.21 -20.68 -16.03
3.14 44.46 7.93 -18.10 0.62 -0.15 38.14 -68.01 -73.94 179.08 -77.30 179.35 57.24
-27.53 -73.45 6.66 -0.98 -3.82 -111.87 -32.05 22.99 -179.71 -46.17 179.96 -46.60
-21.86 75.05 21.18 -8.62 -27.69 14.66 -25.30 -21.98 
10.70 37.55 -34.06 -1.30 25.20 -109.44 33.93 -19.62 22.72 0.26 59.93 -0.30 4.69
-28.85 1.34 -170.54 -84.36 -172.67 -179.01 82.59 179.09 -19.03 -19.83 -15.86
4.08 44.47 9.77 -16.90 0.68 -0.39 25.97 -68.25 -85.03 179.18 -75.69 179.46 61.36
-34.70 -67.53 8.53 -0.88 -3.48 -118.81 -28.52 21.55 -179.74 -39.58 179.92 -53.62
-23.86 76.61 20.04 -5.16 -29.30 16.43 -25.03 -22.89

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Regards
     Stephen

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