what about edge manipulation? making bevels and radiused edges requires a good deal of planning in carrara, or atleast a lot of time. it seems like lightwave is able to quickly deal with edges. i think that carrara would be far more powerful if it had true edge manipulation. while i'm on my soap box, area lighting would be another feature that would make carrara amazing. for those who don't know, area lights creat diffuse light eminating from many points, where as point and spot lights eminate from a single point. the results with area lights are soft shadows that show transparency (shadow mapped soft shadows don't). combine these two requests with grass simulation and carrara would be an truly kick ass piece of software. or i could just sell everything i own and buy maya.