Well, folks, I guess this is about as official as I'm ever going to get. I wrote to Eovia this morning from work, asking whether or not Carrara version 2 would have bones. Here's what their customer service guy wrote back: "Hi Dex, thanks for your inquiry regarding Bones in Carrara. As you know Carrara 1.1 already supports Inverse Kinematics (IK) but indeed a Bones system would be handy for more sophisticated character animation projects. I can't tell you too much about it yet, but in short: yes, Carrara 2 will have bones. I think you will be very positively impressed when it's released, based on what I've seen so far from the Alpha testing group. If you can attend the CITEA event (California Industrial and Technology Education Association) expo this week (Friday/Saturday) in Riverside, see us in booth #66 - www.citea.org for details. -Philip" Now, does anyone know when C2 comes out? - Dex