Aye, I've enjoyed Maya for years, but never actually used it to do anything. I've had Lightwave for over a year now, and never actually made an image in it. Only a few short animations for the people funding it, and nothing since. I've tinkered with it endlessly, but never really got anywhere. It's the wrong tool for imaging. When it comes to still images, Bryce is much more efficient, generally. But as for modeling, I'm with Erlik on Rhino. I understand SolidWorks wil be important for real-life work, but Rhino is simply amazing. THe only things worth modeling in Bryce, with a program like Rhino around, are the terrains. Oh yeah, I use the TreeLab a lot... But my days of primitive boolean modeling are over.