@ Steve
Another big reason is that ketchup is the more easy free box modeling prog and becomes more and more powerful!
And it has behind it the Empire's Google! And the version 7 is coming soon ;)
Moi + ketchy = the zen modeling! in the first image Moi can be help because that is some rustic method but efficient ;)
By Silver Shadow
http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=12513 Making of
here modeling is only ketchy ;) (render is not ketchy)

Sorry George, I didn't make myself clear!

What I mean is if you build a model in MoI with its arguably superior modeling capabilities, why would you then export it to SU?

Just curious

Steve

Yes, Pilou, I know you are a big fan of ketchup:)

That model by silvershadow is pretty amazing. That guy has a lot of free time!!

I can see that a good workflow could be

build model in MoI
export to SU
add materials
export to KT
build scene
render

Because of my arch background, I export from MoI to Cycas which (apart from being a great arch application) has a good, easy portal to povray