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.

When I first went to Blender Artist the only modeling knowledge I had was with Hexagon and Silo neither of which are like Max but did find that there are some very hard core Blender users there who as I mentioned before can act a bit elitist but their is still allot of info that you can find there as well as additional add on's that can come in handy that you might not find anywhere else. I have taken the approach that if I can find a gem of info even there it is worth the grief but I am one who enjoy searching out info and answers to questions so that I can further my own knowledge base now just have to kick my self in gear and start finishing some models and hopefully sharing them.

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