Nielk1 Stumbled accross this earlier today. many of you may have seen the capabilities of VUE 6? Steeveeo used it in some of his concept images for SRV planets.
WELL, heres a free version of VUE 7 (http://download.cnet.com/Vue-Pioneer/3000-6677_4-10911057.html?part=dl-111410&subj=dl&tag=button). NO its not illegal. havent had a chance to test for limitations yet and the DL size is about 464 MB. Enjoy.
Information can be found Here (http://www.vue7.com/home/)
Nice, the PLC is out.
Keep in mind, its $895 USD to get rid of that pesky watermark. :P
And the rest, You have to pay for just about everything except the base software. expensive hobby.