"Greg M. Johnson" wrote:
> 
> I've used programs like CorelDream3D, Bryce, etc., and they are a
> PITA as far as this kind of operation.  My experience is that a
> little program that tries to read your mind on these kinds of
> operations is more headache than help.

Any program that tries to do your thinking for you is likely to be
more trouble than it's worth.  The more recent versions of MS Word
give me fits.

> Furthermore, while I have immense respect for sPatch, I guess I just
> cannot "draw with a mouse" and so I find mouse-grabbing programs
> don't aid my artistic output that much.

The chief flaw of many modellers I've seen is the tendency for all
editing to be done in planes parallel to the coordinate axes.  While
working on my modeller [1], I found that being able to interactively
rotate the view of the project makes it much easier to understand what
one is doing.

Regards,
John
--
[1] Not even half done, I'm afraid.  I had something halfway decent
put together last year, and then decided to add movable limbs and
subdivision surface support to the features.  This is not hard, but
designing an intuitive user interface is proving to be difficult...

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