Well to be honest i don't mind loosing blender, the new 2.6 release has done me no favours with it's new gui, and it's modelling is not that intuitive to me, it's kinda gone Autodesk on me and just yugh, I am getting on in life and like software I can use without reading 400page manuals and don't require a degree just to find the tools i need. Rhino and MOI fit the bill nicely, but I am starting to see the greed factor developing in Rhino and having to spend money on new windows platforms every 5 years has become tedious, it's OT for this thread i know but i don't really do 3D renderings of garden designs for many clients, but i like to play at car design and rendering so if anyone feels like adding a free or cheap standalone rendering app for Linux into the equation then feel free to do so ... I am really close to grabbing the debit card ;¬)

Martin Spencer-Ford