Hey guys, no need to "jump" ship. My rule of thumb is that you cannot beat a free software, gmax also allows spline modeling, If anyone ever wants to experiment with that. Unfortunately gmax only open *.gmax files but for you modelers out there bottom line is that you cannot again beat a free product. If you play videogames, you may end up downloading gmax anyway for some upcoming games. For Quake III players, gmax allows you to easily make your models. Bottom line is grab the sucker now since it up there for free before discreet thinks twice and decide to put a price tag on it :)