I think that for a small company making 3D software at the $400 price range, Eovia has done well with Carrara. Version 2 is night and day better than 1, and I have to say that the interface (unstandard, though it is) is fantastic.

Sure it would be nice to have one program that had all the powerful features of amapi and carrara, but then you're talking about something that has a $700 - $900 price range. At that point, you might consider looking at LightWave, which has way more features (but is really hard to learn.)

I think one of Carrara's stregnths is that it sells at the right price. It is a great program to enter 3D with. And don't forget as far as sales of multiple products goes, that Eovia bundles older versions of Amapi with Carrara. So you think I'm gonna shell out the money for the newest version? Never.