Absolutely understandable. I tried a regular 3D modeling program once, and for some reason it was less intuitive to me than Bryce. Go figure. As for Erlik's filetted edges ... if the sloping edges in the attached are filetted (?), then it's actually easy to do. It's nothing more than roated pyramids. I suppose the clutter never bothered me because I generally model each item in its own scene, then group it when it's entirely done ... name the final grouping, and save it as a boolean construct. Because I do all of my modeling to the same two scales (one for large objects and one for small), all I have to do is select my various objects (or parts of objects) and slap them into the scene. That's not to say that I won't try an actual modelling program again someday ... but I can't help enjoying seeing exactly where Bryce can be pushed.

Could be worse, could be raining.