wow, if it stumps you guys, then I'd really have to think Maya doesn't seem to have that capability (but a good suggestion for Alias). I was looking very briefly at a program called MotionBuilder, which is what gave me the idea to save some time animating. But I uess I'll have to go about the normal method and wait until I have both characters done to animate.
thanks Mike and KB.
AL San Miguel
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