And why is it any more complicated than just importing/moving a file from my file explorer. Does the same company not make both of these programs?

You can save out the motion pose by going to your custom folders in content explorer->Motion (or MotionPlus), select your character and press the '+' sign to save it.
Right-click on the motion->find file.
From explorer, drag the file into iClone while your character is selected.

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i tried dragging it directly into iclone. i even dragged it right into the same content folder in iclone that it was saved into in cc3. it wouldn't take it.

just tried this again with the character selected in iclone 7. Both programs are running as administrator. Does not work. Get the little circle with a line through it on my courser when i drag it over.

Did you drag the file directly onto the character in iClone?
This is what should work after all. But maybe your motion file is not compatible.
Can you post screenshots?

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here's what's happening:
https://streamable.com/s/b4ck2/qdxnim

This is really strange.
What type of character is this?
Where does it come from?

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comes from cc3. a program made by reallusion, right?

I've just tried this with every kind of human character and always it worked.
So i guess there's something wrong with your installation.
To sort that out, could you provide me the avatar?
Also, i guess you tried this with some different motions, but in your video you are using the default pose, so i assume it is happening always.

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https://www.dropbox.com/s/yucoc1wjr91yw4v/TykeMyson.iAvatar?dl=0