I think it's great that there is a good free alternative and hope it also gives some downward pressure on the prices of the commercial packages. I would probably not learn 3DSMax now either. But I have so much time invested in it, and in custom scripting, that for me it's not worth it to switch now. I will probably…
I would recommend checking out other products. Modo, its much cheaper, and for modeling a much more powerful tool. and has a fantastic render built in, and its a script heaven.
Thank you for the comprehensive answers. I am heavily invested in 3dsmax. 10 years experience, I do everything with hotkeys and I have a lot of script I have written myself. I mean a lot maybe 30.000+ Lines of code.
Thanks all, Well I have been looking into Modo. I like the Meshfusion tools. For modeling it is ok, but not better than a highly customized version of 3DSMax. One main problem with modo is the lack of modifiers. I have customized my 3DSMax to the point where I could not work with the unmodified version at all. I am not…