' that's the one app that offers me everything I could need'

I agree Stefan and that's why I stick with 3dsMax as well although sometimes I wonder if I'm missing some benefit that the other modelers could offer. Perhaps it's only my lack of experience with the other apps but I think that 3dsMax is the best application for large assembly architectural models. Many of my own models are composed of many pieces and I love the grouping options that Max offers.

You would expect more from Max, Maya  or Lightwave because they are higher end applications. You can use these apps to make models for Poser or not but the average user of Poser may not wish to invest so heavily in the learning curve that these apps require. So I can understand the need for the lower end apps - but why are there so many of them?!

Any of these smaller apps seem to be alright for single object modeling and this was my original thought on how all of this relates to Poser. If you only wish to make simple models for your Poser scenes - what 3D modeling app wouldn't suit? So I wonder what makes one of these apps more appealing to users then the others.

• Rick