When comes to modeling programs, I love it a lot ! Knowing much of the basic of all program that I have either learn for touch before, heres a summary of what I likes about each of them.
Adobe CS 2A suits that ave a lot a lot of design program but not much have been use by me, except Photoshop and Illustrator.
Adobe CS 3: Design PremiumHave it, but didn't use yet, cause I have my CS2, and i find no reason to upgrade to CS3 unless i buy a Macbook.
3D Studio Max 9Have it, not bad, don't know how to use it properly yet XD.
3D Studio Max 2008Getting it, have not tried before, might be interesting ^^
FryRenderA Standalone Renderer, result are good ^^
Vray for Rhino, 3DS, MayaA plugin Renderer, which i find it especially good when rendering lighting objects and soft shadow.
AutoCAD 2009Getting it, currently do not own it, might try it out and play for awhile =D
Alias Studio 2009A very professional 3D modeling software which have a high retail price T_T, getting it soon.
Brazil for Rhino BETAHmm, got it, but haven tried it out yet, hope it is nice ^^
Rhinoceros 4.0 SR3A totally good software to use, currently school is using this software, so I am pretty familiar with most of the function, not expert though.
Bongo for RhinoA plugin that allow animation in Rhino, got it not long ago, still learning how to use it ^^
Flamingo for RhinoA plugin that render objects in rhino very realistic, thats ray tracing, i haven tried photometric though.
Penguin for RhinoA plugin that render objects out to be something very graphical, such as sketches or drawing, good for Media Design, product wise, not so much of a usefulness in it.
Lightwave 3D v9A program i found very interesting, as it can render such a real interior of a house out, thats make me interested to try this products out.
Maya 2008Haven got it yet, but it seems that not secondary school is using it for 3D modeling, which i cannot lose out to them XD
Swift 3D v5This is a standalone renderer, I got it but didn't really go and try it out, althought is look real cool.
Indigo v0.9A 3D renderer, I got it but not so good in using it, didn't find much difference to others renderer (maybe i am not good in this) XD