Al - Rendering is not that difficult, really. Just takes a little practice to learn what techniques are effective or not. Don't be afraid to ask some questions. People are here to be used. I think we actually enjoy it... :)
Jonah
Carrara did not like the 3dm file at all. One of those exercises where no screen image. and a huge minus size.(3dm files from MoI usually are fine)
I took the 3dm into MoI and saved out as an .obj. A couple of funny things but not serious enough to worry about just for this bit of rendering fun.