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Hi. I could use the help of any of you who have done done some bigger projects in 3DS. I'm working on a mobility system to move parts of the space station around in orbit for construction. I want to show some scenarios of possible uses of our system in our presentation, and I am considering doing it in 3DS. These will need to be animated sequences, so my questions to you are: is this possible in 3DS, how time-intensive do you estimate something like this would be, and how difficult is it to generate complex 3D solids in the program? I realize the time question is hard to answer since I can't explain much here, but I need to know if I'm looking at a month's work or 6 month's work. I'm looking at rendering a simple space station, and one or more modules/components, and then showing the component being moved into place by our system. I would like to show thruster firings if possible. Please be conservative, and feel free to reply either on the forum or send by mail. Thanks for your help. -Kevin