I was thinking of taking a look at shade and vue to replace carrara and bryce. Im not sure but someone told me Corel had or is planning on cancelling Bryce. Knowing how Corel is, I wouldnt doubt it. I know what you mean about importing and file compatability between the different programs. Its a shame they can't come up with some unified file format standard for all 3D files. The closest we have is Obj files, and those have some limitations. The sad thing is that most of the 3D software out there with good capabilities like 3Ds Max and Maya cost so darn much you have to be a rockafella to afford it. This cuts a lot of very talented people out of the loop. Carrara could easily fill the void if they actually got it out on the store shelves.