GWeb: Umm...I think maybe you misinterpreted dbiger's theme? No single application holds the key to some ultimate door of the 3D world. This latest incarnation of Carrara is excellent. However, I also use Vue5I, Ts 6.6, Poser 5 & 6, & Bryce -- not to mention a few 2D applications. Eovia targets Carrara Pro as an all-around 3D app, and it is possibly the best 3D app for general use for the $$, but? For example, I use a plug-in in one of my other apps that generates a very cool noise for meshes. I can make really realistic distressed objects (like old lumber) with this plug-in. The noise plug-in that comes with Carrara just cant equal this effect. Perhaps the new displacement ability within C5Pro can do this, but so far my tests have not borne this out? If Eovia added all the features of Hexagon into Carrara, then Carraras modeling complexity maybe turns off a lot of folks looking for that general use category. Also, the modeling focused folks lose Hexagon, since Eovia now would have little use for supporting a redundant set of complex code. I personally think Carrara5 Pro is pushing into the big-boys territory, and will cause prices to fall a bit more in that professional application area. All this is good for us!