Umm, Don't know if this thread is still active... But, just a couple of observations. so I installed the latest version of Hexagon last night and started playing around with it. Crashed about 15 minutes into using it. I had read that Hexagon had some serious stability problems and I would really like to learn how to use it (seems to be a pretty fully featured modeler). Should I waste my time with this app? I'm wondering how veteran Hex users feel on this subject.

Just an aside about Hexagon, seems like Daz REALLY dropped the ball with this one... Which is peculiar because the latest version of Carrara is rock solid. Speaking of Carrara... I really like this application but I've never used it for morphing figures. It's more like the Swiss Army Knife of Scene, Set, and Environment creation with a hefty modeler built in. Very nice lighting and materials, too. Additionally the latest version has the Bullet Physics engine. From what I understand, Daz is devoting a lot of attention to it so I'm very comfortable with my investment. C3DE magazine and Carraracafe are also very nice user related resources.

Blender is also a great application but I haven't devoted much time with it... it's on my high priority need to do list. It's simply a matter of conquering my impatience with some of it's idiosyncracies.

In terms of morphing my workflow consists of ZBrush 2 and Wings3D ( Zbrush for the more free-hand organic work and Wings for the vertices level editing). I've developed a high comfort level with this process but I continue to look around for alternate techniques. Hence the interest in Hex, Silo, Blacksmith, etc.

Finally, apologies if I inadvertently led you on a wild goose chase with Zbrush, jjroland... It's definitely for the best if you have a valid license for the application in terms of upgrading.