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I don't mean to direct this only at you, but I think your comment about "Adesk offering the patch modeler as a free plug-in when available" is EXACTLY why Autodesk *NEVER* releases information about future products until they're very near ready to ship. Had Autodesk not "promised" the patch modeler, you (and others) wouldn't have expected it and would have simply gone out and purchased the upgrade for the features that were included…..and not expected anything to follow later. Autodesk, as long as I can remember, has been very strict about this policy, much to the dismay of many, many curious (and "demanding") users. But this is a perfect example of what can go wrong with software development and the release of information before its time. Frankly, I think it took "balls" for Autodesk to pull this feature this late in the cycle, rather than ship the feature and try to deal with fall-out later, much like many other software developers do. I respect their decision!