Hi Brian

I fully understand your fustration. Nurbs modelling is not the easiest way to think and it is sometimes difficult to find out what is wrong. MoI is by far the easiest nurbs programme there is. You will find programmes like Rhino, form Z a lot more complex.

Below is a link to some free modelling software. A beta version but seems to work fine. It does not seem to be supported anymore (it was bought by dassault, solidworks catia people). I like it for quick ideas. very direct way of working. ultimately limited but can be fun.

http://www.cbmodelpro.com/about.html

A tutorial below.

http://s101.photobucket.com/albums/m47/TMeeks/CB%20Model%20Pro/?action=view¤t=SphereHelmet.flv

Anyway see what you think.

Jamie