Don't beat yourself up too much. Your problems with the arm may have more to do with your reference than how you're posing. It's clearly an idealized version of Bettie Page. For instance, look how ridiculously small her feet are in the reference picture. There's more of Jessica Rabbit in the reference than of Bettie Page.

ssweete said:

i have no problem using the table cloth on two genesis figures and a primitive prop..
i left the hand out all except the left thumb on figure one, so she is holding the material.

does your screen selection look like this one?
Edited to remove over-sized images http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/510_98/

I saw your settings image before it was removed. I've tried those collision settings, I've tried others, I've tried about every combination of settings. The only conclusion I can come to is that whether or not things work is completely random.

I tried working with the Bettie Page drape, just for the heck of it, and the same settings you showed, and it actually worked this time ... sort of. If you look at the first image, it looks like everything was fine -- collided with Genesis, collided with the bed, all seems fine.

But when you look at the more detailed image, you can see that he's getting breakthrough on both feet and his knee. I think the only thing that kept it the drape from breaking over him was that the drape ran out of time.

For a second there I thought I read "Elaine Paige"! :lol:

Now THAT would be interesting to see as a character!