CompuServe Messages

There is a book out called "Inside 3D Studio" by Elliot, Miller and Pyros which covers R3 and comes with a CD of support material. As to the quality of the book, I have just begun using it in our CAD Presentations class at MSU-Billings this semester, so our experience with this text is about a week old. Looks really good at first impulse…with the authors that are involved one would expect quality! The one (singlemost? is that a word?) factor that is especially good about this book is that it teaches commands in concept format as opposed to the "type in what we have written down" format. Far too much of the educational material being written today does not emphasize "critical thinking", that is, if you turn off the monitor and make no typos you end up with a final product…then you give the student (or the professional) a regular project in their field and they can't produce. ….comments anyone regarding critical thinking skills?