Anybody wanting to see what Hex is about goto eovia3d.net. Thomas is an amazing talent and you can see some great stuff. Hex 2 is supposed to have AO, but not a real renderer. It's a very easy to use modeller and powerful. Carrara is an amazing renderer and more. It's not perfect...what program is, but I honestly don't think much is missing. Dynamics has been planned for Carrara 6(cause fur/cloth/hair are all I really see missing). It works pretty well w/ poser for most people. Many bugs have been resolved. Eovia as a company is top notch customer service-wise. I have felt the same from DAZ. Oh and Hex and Carrara interfaces are not the same and Hex can do way more with modelling than Cararra.

No need to think outside the box....
    Just make it invisible.