Like many people, I am quick to complain when a product or service doesn't live up to expectations. Today I am going to buck that trend and write about a company with a product and customer support that continuously exceeds my expectations, nPower Software.

A Superbly Crafted Plug-In

I have been a customer of nPower Software for years, using their products for CAD-based product animation projects. Current 3ds max users are likely to be using nPower's ProBoolean tools, which are now included as a standard part of 3ds max. I want to specifically address Power Translators, which allows me to import and manipulate NURBS data in 3ds max. More...

I have finally had a chance to start to use 3ds max 2010 in some of my project work, and I have to say that I am really enjoying it. This, as you already may know, was a pretty major release with some big functionality changes. I haven’t kicked down all of the new doors yet, but I do have some pretty nice things to say about what I have used thus far. More...