Belnedr is very easy once you get it !
And Last versions are lot more claer for some people with the left menus. I perfer olf versions like 2.49 !
Blender can have as many views as you want :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn-hQKImPjc You can rig ,animate, paint ...
The Best : It's Free
Another good tool i baught for solid modeling is Silo !
It's cheap , fast and powerfull for any 3D modeling , it has great tools like Loop cut, loop select etc ...
You can try it and you shouldn't be disappointed
http://nevercenter.com/silo/ Google Sketchup is great also for building (only it's cylinders
have too much sides for real time !)
http://sketchup.google.com/intl/index.html/ There is also Wings 3D that is great, but i don't and can't work with key shortcuts only, i need Gizmo for working !
http://www.wings3d.com/ There may be some others cheap tools also, these are the ones i know well !
