Have a look at Hexagon.
It is the true successor of the old (non-pro) Amapi 7 designer. It has interesting improvements over it, like UV Mapping or a nice subdivision preview

You can pick up the demo here :
http://www.daz3d.com/i.x/support/downloads/51lklh7gtm843o9vhrd89oq2c6/?product=hexagon

You have a series of tutorials here:
http://forums.polyloop.net/hexagon-tutorials/
Be sure to make the tutorials. As for many modelers, you cannot really do anything if you don't learn it. Try a basic one, then the camera one.

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