Maybe Max has solidified in recent releases, but I still hear murmurs of instabilities.  AutoCAD and Max aren't the same thing now, are they?  AutoCAD is a professional CAD tool - used in businesses over the world.  I have a trite bit of experince with it (say, nearly 20 years).  It says alot that Max is WINDOWS ONLY and buggy while C4D is Windows, Windows 64-bit, MacOS 9, MacOS X, and Linux (certain versions) and stable as a rock.

LW3D - I don't know.  Since the major, major, major (and I don't want to hear it because I was there when it happened) fiasco of LW 8, I've not heard about much improvement in 9 - I sold my license right then and there.  Still using the 19th century 'dual interface' - which is supremely horrible.  Still a bundle of features as little plugins.  Nope.  Never again.  Has NewTek refocused on LW since that tragedy?  Between Cinema 4D's much simpler interface and LW's mess, I prefer the former.  LW is powerful - it has all of the professional features, if you can find them.  It just isn't my cup o' tea. ;)

I have nothing to say about Joe (SaaH).  He dropped C4D and left us without any hair support until Hair and Renato's Fast&Fur.  Sounds like the money drove his decisions - not the support.  If that were the case, I'd drop Cinema 4D and go for Maya and Max since I could retire in a couple years (and charge $500 a pop instead of $150). ;D

Robert

C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot. C++ makes it harder, but when you do, you blow your whole leg off.

 -- Bjarne Stroustrup

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