Obviously- illustrations are the opposite of what Vue offer's- highly realistic and detailed plant and eco-scenery. So I will continue to use Vue for that- with it's limitations in stability and the company's narrow view of what 3D software consumers want.

But I need to have illustrations as part of my 3D work-flow- as they actually are bigger money-maker's for me -than realistic scenery- so Carrara 5's NPR features are exactly what I've been looking for...

Humvee done with Carrara 5's built-in Non Photorealistic Render (an absolutely fantastic piece of 3D efx programming- something E-on "COULD" have made for Vue too...