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You are indeed entitled you your opinion, TG, but just because you say Hexagon is easier doesn't automatically make it easier. I ran into nothing but interface problems with Hexagon (I believe I have the latest version) and finally gave up in frustration and went back to Blender. By interface problems I mean: I couldn't figure out where to do stuff. It wasn't as bad as Silo, which as a thousand times worse and the silly thing kept crashing on me, but it was still very annoying.

Yes I know. I find Hexagon very intuitive while my friend is constantly pulling out his hair when he tries. I've also been spared most of the crashing problems in Hex. That's not saying it never crashes, but it's not something I find it does often.

And interfaces are always a personal preference. I hate DazStudio's interface because I can't figure out where to do what, probably the feeling you had with hexagon :) And I'm by no means saying it's better than any other program, just that because it's just a modeler and not a "Make the next Avatar movie with this" kind of all in one program there's a lot less controls to learn and if all you want to do is to MODEL, then it's great.

Quote - The main reason you can't just MODEL something in Blender 3D is because it was originally designed for professionals in the 3D arena - who would have resented a lot of hand-holding - costing thousands of dollars. Professional modellers value speed over accessibility and are prepared to spend time learning an interface (time investment) in order to quickly generate their models in the long run.
The new interface (2.50+... probably be 2.6 by the time it is released) is much more user-friendly and so one can probably get somewhere just by mucking around, which wasn't possible in prior versions: you had to know what you were doing.

Oh I know. My first modeler was 3D Studio Max 3.1 - but even in THAT program I had no problems doing stuff, I've never encountered a modeler (and I like to try them out whenever there's a demo available) where I didn't even know how to create a box or a cube or whatever. I really wanted to give Blender a try.. but failed.

Then again it is several years ago (like 7 or 8 most likely) so it has most likely changed tot he better :) I should probably give it another go.. but I'm just happy with my little Hexagon these days, so... 

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