I make all my stuff (much of which is at DAZ) in Max 3.1. I also don't use ANY store-bought utilities, other than UV Mapper Pro to make my stuff. I find most of the 3rd part stuff either buggy or for tasks I either do another way. However, there are a ton of essential Freeware utilities, including Objaction Scaler, the Habaware plug-ins, CR2 Editor, PHI Builder and others. What I'm tring to say is you can't buy your way to making Poser clothing, you have to do your homework, lots of homework. It is far more complicated that it seems! ;-)