Not sure if anyone has taken a look at the newest version..they did a major overhaul on the interface. I was way turned off by the old UI a few years ago and was like no way. Another guy in a different forum making model turned me on to this link for Bsurfaces http://www.bsurfaces.info/ this looks like a very fast workflow loaded blender and messed around with it for a bit...had to watch a couple of the blender UI videos to figure it out..this thing is awsome...just wish they had it for modo. If was just gonna start I would go the blender route with the new UI and the price..this one powerful package for free, definitly stacking up with the high dollar big boys. I am just too lazy to learn a whole new interafce again. I wish 3d had some standards as far as ui...would make using diff packages lot more comfortable