you are crazy, just crashed Moi at 100,000 out of memory i guess.

Does it actually rotate in 3d view?

Yeah, it rotates pretty good. Right now I have a Mesh angle of 80 set. If I try for one more complete array, it doesnt crash, but I let the command sit for about 30 minutes before I stopped it. I suppose with relation to rendering, That is not much time to give it to see if it would complete. Next I could start trying to copy smaller sets, or drop the mesh angle down to see where my limit is. At this point the file is 366 MB. I was waiting for a response from a 64 bit system, as this is a 32 bit OS. I have Windows 7 64 bit, just havnt got it loaded up yet.....Maybe I'll try again when I get the 64 loaded...

Hi Burr,

I also have done a crazy test. :)
( Win 7 / 64 bit )
Please take a look:

Hi Ralf, Very cool! I like the silver picture!

If you select all, how many objects are in this scene? Looks like a sea creature...