Having trouble with PoserFusion Shelf in Maya?

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If you are encountering errors with Poser Fusion shelf buttons in Maya such as "Error: No Selection, or the Currently Selected object is not linked to a Poser file", then
try the below steps and see if its helps.

First of all ensure that your POSER_LOCATION environment variable is set correctly. It should read something like "C:\Program Files\Smith Micro\Poser Pro".

Next, ensure that the PoserFusion plug-in is loaded in Maya. You can do this by going to
Window > Settings|Preferences > Plugin Manager and then checking the "MpzFile.mll" to be loaded state.

Once these two steps are done, you should be able import any Poser file into Maya. You should select the "Poser(*.*)" option in the file dialog while importing the Poser file.

Once the file import succeeds, now all your PoserFusion shelf
buttons start working correctly. Details on how to use these shelf buttons can be found in the
PoserFusion for Maya section starting on page 38 of the Poser Pro Reference Manual.pdf available in the Poser Pro application folder.

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  • Anonymous
    June 11, 2008
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  • Anonymous
    June 12, 2008
    I have been working with Poserfusion for Maya for over a month and it still wont work.  When I try to import I get an error reading file.  The shelf shows up but nothing happens.  I have tried poser files from complex to simple and everybody who has this plugin that I have spoken with has this problem. Also above you mention the poser location environment where would that be found is it where poser is installed or is there a tab in Maya. Thank you.

  • Anonymous
    June 12, 2008
    Hello Jack Halsey, The POSER_LOCATION is a system environment var - we need to set it in the system settings. Go the MyComputer | Properties and then Advanced Settings and then "Environment Variables" button. Under the System Variables check for the entry named "POSER_LOCATION" and ensure that it points to the Poser installation directory. If the variable doesn't exist create one with the variable name "POSER_LOCATION" (without quotes) and variable value <your poser installation directory path>. Is the "MpzFile.mll" plug-in loaded in Maya? Do you see the "Poser(.)" in the file dialog of Maya Import? Thx.

  • Anonymous
    June 12, 2008
    Wow that was fast thank you.  Yes I have the mpzfile.mil loaded and the Poser** choice in the Maya import. Here is what I did find.  Under poser location it  points to poser 7 instead of poser pro as I have both installed.  So should I just delete the poser 7 reference and put in the poser pro location or add another poser reference and if so how does one accomplish this. Again thank you.

  • Anonymous
    June 13, 2008
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  • Anonymous
    June 13, 2008
    Hello It appears to work thank you.  I am running windows vista so after I made the change in the System Variables and closed it. My command prompt states C:UsersJack and I am not sure how to change it to C:>Set.  I opened Maya and nothing was under the script editor. It appeared to open the file but it said it imported with an error but I seen the scene.  Will explore and advise. Please advise if I need to do anything else and THANK YOU!!!!!!  Had been wrestling with this for over a month.

  • Anonymous
    June 13, 2008
    Thank you, having the same problem with C:SET Is this a Vista fix or does it also work with XP pro?

  • Anonymous
    June 16, 2008
    Hello, We can ignore the current directory for our purpose. The command "SET" only lists the environment variables - we do this just to ensure that our change to our POSER_LOCATION is correct. We can give the command from any location - for example, the following should also do fine. C:UsersJack> SET And we need to open the Script Editor "after" importing the Poser Scene. Then we should be able to see the "getenv POSER_LOCATION;" command in the upper window somewhere. This is once again, just a test to ensure that our POSER_LOCATION variable was set properly. Setting the environment variable POSER_LOCATION to the correct Poser location path (using the MyComputer | Properties and then Advanced Settings and then "Environment Variables" button) should work fine for XP too. Thank you.

  • Anonymous
    June 17, 2008
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  • Anonymous
    June 17, 2008
    One more thing.  The scene was originally created in Poser 7..so to be sure I loaded it into Poser Pro and it loaded perfectly with no problems.  I saved it under a different name in poser pro. When I opened it in Maya I got the same problems.

  • Anonymous
    June 17, 2008
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  • Anonymous
    June 17, 2008
    Thank you. Will ask on those forums and post back.  Thank you.

  • Anonymous
    August 06, 2008
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  • Anonymous
    August 25, 2008
    Hello kart, Please check if the scripts directory is valid and that it has all the required scipt files there. Usually it should be something like c:program filesSmith MicroPoserFusionMaya<version>scripts P.Gopalakrishna http://www.geocities.com/krishnapg/

  • Anonymous
    September 02, 2008
    My environmental variables reads the correct directory for Poser Pro. However, when I check it with the command prompt, it reads the wrong directory still. How can this be corrected?