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Charlie, >>>>I have found it a little lacking for pure geometrics, but I knew it was better suited to amorphic shapes that move. Part of it might be a question how you approach the modeling. In addition to simply moving the control points, I've learned to use numerical input, grid and pivot changes, scale and rotation tools with selective locks on X, Y or Z for very exact geometrical operations… Things you can do with this stuff are very precise, since you don't have to worry about flat edges and which faces will be smoothed and which not… Because of those "bad habits", I really have hard time with the polygon based 3D programs — they all seem to lack the precision… <BG> My only problem with my "Scale and Rotation Modeling" is that it doesn't let you use fractional numbers… Steve was hinting about Boolean operations in A:M 3.0. (Similar to Intersection, Difference and Weld in Corel 5.0)… I hope he means Boolean in 3D not just 2D like in TrueSpace 1.0… This should help us in any case. Pawel