My only real gripe about MAX is that alot of it is what we call 'Bolt Ons' you know alot of the package is third party plugins that you have to buy separatley.

Not that theres anything wrong with plugins as Maya has its fair share, yet it has its own Cloth, Fluids, Hair and Fur etc. Whereas you want it for Max you need to buy extras so to speak.

But then saying this I cant recall the last time I used cloth at work as calc time is hideous!! Even on a decent table cloth!!

Laurie: Never used Houdini, though Ive heard it has a good dynamics sim on it. I think it was used on the Watcher in the water in Fellowship of the Ring. They did a particle sim with 2d images for the water flowing from the creatures back. Which is impressive when you look at it.

_J