Thanks a lot, Mike! I like the way they have functions layered in the interface like that, but it can make things difficult to find if you aren't familiar with the program. E-on should put the manual online as a PDF--that would really help me decide... =) I've used quite a few 3D apps over the years, and the Vue interface really impresses me. It's simple and streamlined without being ugly. Bryce, Carrara, and trueSpace all try to be too fancy, or look "artistic" without much regard for how users actually work. The Caligari folks (trueSpace) need to admit that a 4-view split screen is common because it works (although I see they've added one in ts5), and the 3D widgets are cumbersome and annoying. I hate having to pull out all those "trays" in Carrara--with large scenes, I can't view my scene heirarchy and look at the scene at the same time. Bryce is the King of Wasted Space--all sorts of unnecessarily big icons and empty white space around a view window that only takes up about 65% of your screen. Vue seems to put all the important stuff on the main screen without making a big production out of it. You get a large 4-way split view window, the heirarchy window (I like the layer organization--reminds me of Rhino), object properties... all the important stuff. They keep everything small, though, to maximize the size of the view window. That's good too. $199, huh? Pretty tempting...