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Well, you've downloaded a file called obj2lwo.exe, even though it's supposed to be called UVSplit; now what?

1. Export a Poser3 figure
2. Find your .obj file that you want to convert. Eg. test.obj
3. Run obj2lwo on that file Eg. obj2lwo test.obj
4. obj2lwo will output the number of geometry vertices, texture vertices, and faces, then the filenames of the two new .obj files; one with a -Geo.obj suffix (the geometry data) and the other with a -UV.obj suffix (the UV data)
5. Open Lightwave Modeller
6. Import each of the new .obj's into a separate layer, and save them as .lwo's
7. Open Layout
8. Load in the .lwo's
9. Load in the texture map
10. In the Objects panel, select the -UV object. Set its Morph Target to be the -Geo object, at 100%
11. Still in the Object panel, set the Dissolve of the -Geo object to 100%
12. In the Surfaces panel, for each texture in the -UV object, set the texture to a planar image map, using your texture map, Z-axis, texture size 1,1,1 and texture center 0.5 0.5 0
13. Render. Pray.

Details and caveats

• At the moment, obj2lwo creates a different surface for each group or usemtl statement in the .obj file. Given that the texture map should take care of the colouring, and that a Poser 3 figure generates an astounding number of surfaces if exported with separate groups, I'd be tempted to just surface the -UV object with one surface, instead of having to set the attributes of a whole long list of little surfaces.
• If you export an object with props, eg. hair, as the prop has its own UV map separate from the figure, the -UV object will have both maps superimposed. You'll need to separate them out. Select one polygon in the prop's UV object, and "select connected" ( the ] key). Copy and paste to a new layer. Do the same with the -Geo object. In layout, set the prop's UV object's morph target to the prop's Geo object. Do it with several props one one figure and I guess you'll get confused...
• Whether this is a DJGPP problem or a mistake on my part, the Windows 95 executable still has to save files in the old 8.3 filename format - that is, if your original filename is called 1234567.obj it will try to create 1234567-.obj for 1234567-UV.obj and 1234567-.obj for 1234567-Geo.obj. It doesn't take too much to see how this may be a problem. Use small filenames.

  
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