Having used Wavefront, Alias, Ligtwave, 3D Studio, SoftImage in one way or another for the past 14 years, Mirai is still the best modeling package out there. While I was at Viewpoint almosty every software vendor we worked with wanted to come in and privately "look" at Mirai/Nworld. example: we had subdivision of surface 13 years ago in Nworld. Non-linear animation editing as well. What can you say....