Hey, I just recieved in the mail the 3DS MAX demo I signed up for on their site ages ago.. (took 'em long enough).
  It turns out the "demo" is just an informercial on the disc. They show off a bunch of graphics demos (Chunky's! hehe) and talk about game developement, etc. 
 However, to get the real deal, even with the academic discount, it comes to $899! 
 Looks mighty fine, and it's what the industry uses. Pretty powerful piece of software. Too pricey for most though...  
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~kurgan/3dsmax.jpg)  
 Kurgan 
 [This message has been edited by Kurgan (edited July 23, 2000).]