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I hope no one is really thinking of buying this new Scalpel IPAS. After looking at the demo flics, all it does is make flat plane cuts through objects. 3DS already has this feature! All you have to do is 1) copy the object you want to cut using Create/Object/Copy without moving the mouse so it overlays the original(name it whatever you want); 2) create a box larger then the object to be cut; 3) create another adjacent box by using Create/Array/Linear with an object spacing of 0.0, 2 total objects, and end-to-end alignment(like placing two dice together); 4) select the two boxes and move/rotate them so that the touching surfaces are positioned as the desired cutting plan through the intended object; 5) and then just do a Create/Object/Boolean on both object copies, Subtracting one box from the original and Subtracting the other box from the copy. Very easy and no need for sharp instruments! Tom Crage