<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Gary W. Priester:
Xara 3D is not meant to be a 3D drawing application. It is a low cost application for creating animated 3D type and symbols.
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Low cost?

Ulead Cool 3D $44.95
Xara 3D $49.00
Serif Draw3D $59.99

Xara 3D is not meant to be a 3D drawing application? I have a hard time with the word "meant". Because a program misses some functionality, we are allowed to say “not meant to be”. Hey, that’s the solution for everything. Next time when I compare my Cinema 4D with Maya I just say “was not meant to be”.
Gary, that Ulead was so smart to include a "path editor" doesn't make it a 3D drawing application; it’s not all that simple.

I looked at some Xara 3D galleries and also read the article, but I’m still not impressed with the program.

Cool 3D however…;

http://www.cool3d.co.il/gallery1.phtml
http://www.cool3d.co.il/gallery2.phtml
http://www.cool3d.co.il/gallery3.phtml
http://www.cool3d.co.il/gallery4.phtml
http://www.cool3d.co.il/gallery5.phtml

I just wonder why a user should pay 5$ extra for a program that can't even create a few simple objects.

Just my 2 cents