Thank you for that link.

I have actually gotten further in carrara so far than the other.  I do know how to cut individual pieces out, its getting more than one cut at a time that is a problem.  I can live with that if I have to - (though I'm sure I don't - I just don't know how) -

obstacles that I haven't overcome yet and seem to be priority in it are:

I have no information on how to scale the imported clothing dummy to a proper level.  On import it automatically says 1 poser unit = 1 carrara unit - but I don' t know if that is right or not because when I allow it to go that way the model looks to be a reasonable size in the main window, but then in the modeling window it is miniscule.

2:  I can't get the dummy AND a primitive shape both in the modeling room at the same time without them being grouped.  Very difficult to attempt to model a piece of clothing to fit a figure when I can only see that figure in a tiny window in the bottom corner.

I understand some people will prefer one program over others, I will too in the end I'm sure.  Right now I'm just trying to soak up as much information as possible so I can choose what is best suited to me.

I am:  aka Velocity3d