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Mike,

I've never used a figure outside Poser, but in Poser, what you describe is not what I see. I always used Y Rotate on a figure's body to spin the figure, regardless of where it is. Even after applying XTran, YTran, etc. all figures spin around their own center. Does it not do that for you in Poser?

Well it's a matter of how you go about it. If you translate the hip, then rotate the body, it will swing in an arc around the center point of where the hip should be. I never translate a body position and always use the hip, so I guess I should have specified that.