Thanks, Lobo.  I'll try Blender Nation, but I'm already a member of Blender Artists, under different alias.  Don't ask me why I joined with a different username.  I thought it was kinda silly to make posts about learning Blender, and coming from a 3dsmax background with the username "maxxxmodelz".  LOL.  Most of the users there HATE 3dsmax it seems, and simply mentioning the software evokes some high emotion of distaste.  Don't quite know why, but if I were to have started this very thread over there, I'm quite sure I wouldn't have been nearly as informed and welcomed.

This has been, by far, the most welcoming, open-minded, Blender forum I've seen yet.  By far.  Most of the guys here seem to know their stuff, but moreso are very open minded about comparing the features with other software, and suggesting workarounds which actually WORK, without the typical "3dsmax and Maya sucks" attitudes I've come across in most other blender forums.

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Tools :  3dsmax 2015, Daz Studio 4.6, PoserPro 2012, Blender v2.74

System: Pentium QuadCore i7, under Win 8, GeForce GTX 780 / 2GB GPU.