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>>> most of the animations or images made in 3D Studio had the models created in Autocad. In those cases, it's often because they needed to create working drawings to use for actual construction or machining. Since 3d Studio doesn't allow to dimension parts. On the other hand, 3d Studio is a very powerful modeler. I've found that I can build practically anything with the shaper and lofter. Check out ANTIQC.ZIP in the 3d studio forum. It is a rendering of an antique car I modeled entirely in 3d Studio, I didn't use AutoCAD for any part of the car. What really shows off the modeling power or flexibility of 3ds are the fenders on the car. Also check out BOATS.ZIP, in the same section. there are 2 files in it, one of which is a trimaran heading under the golden gate bridge. Everything except for the bridge was built in 3ds using the lofter. The bridge I already had as an AutoCAD drawing. Both the car and the trimaran would have been pretty much close to impossible to build in AutoCAD since AutoCAD doesn't handle surface building too well. Enjoy the two renderings. I hope they convince you that the modeler is pretty powerful. Yann Bertaud – I.D.L. Autodesk. PS: don't think I'm biased because I work for Autodesk. I used to model everything in AutoCAD because I had been using for years, but once I started playing with the lofter, I realized it's power, I saw the light <BG>. These 2 models are the result of my trying to see how far I could go with the modeler.