nod That makes total sense, the most 'positive' learning thus far has been in wings, but something about blender (animation, Lux, etc) has piqued my interest and it seems a more logical learn, since at my novice level getting 'imprinted' by software is right around the corner if it hasn't already happened...;-)

I really liked the carrara had the trackball bit like poser, but the 'room switching' totally, well, frustrated me, which led me back to wings and furthered the idea of keeping the modeling in the modeler, but maybe blender can indeed be the bridger

Thank you for responding!