What is Strata? I've never heard of it. I tried RDS and hated it. Carrara looks neat, but I don't trust Meta Creations right now. (Wonder why!) I don't need high end functions, just extruding, boolean cutting and lathe right now with export to obj (if possible.) My learning curve on 3D programs has been pretty flat so I'd rather have something that can do a few things relatively easily. Animation is not a concern.