Step One: Open SimPose
Open up SimPose. Your screen should look like the screenshot below. There will be a red-haired sim with an aqua business suit. Let's call her Sharon.

Step Two: Change Camera Position
We need Sharon to face us so we can pose her. To do that, go to the "Lights/Camera" tab, then click on the arrow under "Viewpoint and rotation." Finally, select "Facing."


Step Three: Change Background Color
Is Sharon facing you? Great!
Now, we can start posing her here on out, but I think it would be better to change the background to white to make it easier to see her. To do that, go to Camera/Lights controls (located under the "Lights/Camera" tab). Choose "Background."

Now go down a little bit and click on the large button that says, "Change." Pick a color and choose white. The background will now be white.

Step Four: Let's Zoom In
Sharon is facing us, but she's a little too small. Let's make her nice and large on the screen. We can do that by using the "Zoom" slider.


Step Five: Bring Sim Down Using Offset Slider
Uh oh! Sharon is not in the center of the screen. Let's lower her down and make her front and center. To do that, move the "Offset" slider.


Step Six: Switch to Character Tab
Now we're ready to start posing Sharon a little. To do that, switch to the "Character" Tab.


Step Seven: Let's Bend the Shoulder
Scroll all the way down to the part of the "Character" tab that says "Joint Control." There is a drop down box. In the drop down box is a selection of joints that you can bend and rotate. Choose "L_ARM" to select Sharon's arm at the shoulder. Next, use any one of the sliders to play around with the rotation and bending. Below is what Sharon looked like after I bent her shoulder. Now her whole arm is raised.


If you play around with the limbs under "Joint control" and move the sliders around, you will figure out how to rotate and bend every joint in the sim's body--the knees, elbows, wrists, ankles, neck, head, waist and ribcage.
Below are more screenshots of Sharon's limbs being bent and rotated to give you a better idea of the process.



Step Eight: Rotate to Double Check Pose
Sometimes, when you're posing in SimPose, a sim can look great from the front but look terrible from different angles. A way to see how well things are going is to rotate the sim.
To do that, go to the "Lights/Camera" tab again, choose "Camera" under "Camera/Light" controls. Then move the slider under "Direction" to rotate your sim.


Step Nine: Rotate Back to Front and Keep Posing
Rotate your sim back to front camera view, go to the Character Tab again, and keep tweaking your sim until you're happy with the pose. Below is my completed pose of Sharon. The pose could be a little better, but this is just for the tutorial.
