Thanks, Patrick. When I upgraded to Amapi 7, Eovia kindly gave me a freebie copy of Carrara 2, which I've never used (though I've been playing with it this morning). Based on this vast(!) experience, I think you're right - Carrara has some nice modelling tools, but on the whole Amapi seems to be a more dedicated modeller. On the other hand, Carrara has those nice metaball thingies, which Amapi (oddly) doesn't. And it does some really nice rendering too. I'm going to play with it some more, and I may even end up upgrading to version 3. Thanks!