Looking at the business section of the local newspaper I found this article about a new 3D software being offered by AGI free for public non-commercial use. It deals with developement of space hardware e.g. satellites, exploration of the solar system, deep space probes etc. There are two links...
http://adn.agi.com/detailedView.cfm?resourceId=288
http://adn.agi.com/detailedView.cfm?resourceId=240
The first is for the app and the second is for a free developement kit user license. All you need do is register (free) and the app. you can download. I'm going after it because I really can get into this sort of stuff...WOWSER!!!
