Quote - I don't know about the Max interface, never tried it...has anyone else?  Is it any good?

It's very different from Blender, and much more "Windows-ish."  I.e., lots of buttons, very mouse-oriented, although there are a bunch of hotkeys available, it invites newbies to experiment with its buttons where Blender's interface is IMHO more intimidating because it looks so different from everything else in Windows.  I'm not saying Blender is worse - in fact, I prefer it, but it definitely has a steeper learning curve.

The main thing 3dsmax has that I miss in Blender is parametric modeling.  Want a staircase?  Grab a staircase plug-in and tell it how many steps.  Want a box that twists?  Add a box, then put a twist modifier on it.  Want to change the amount of twist?  Select the twist modifier, and change the amount.

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