Like max and blender are easy to learnBuginator wrote: This is why it is a bit easier to use blender, or 3DS, and then use the converter utilities.
Pie Toaster seems like a great program. Numeric input very clean ui.
And it has native support for all pie features. I don't see why anyone would want to learn blender or max if all he/she wants to do is model piefiles? All the fancy modelling tools wont really be that great when you're working on a 100 vertices model. Unless you're already very familiar with one of those programs, i suggest you use pie toaster. And about the dial up connection: I know it's not fun but the solution is:
Start up the download, go to the toilet and take your fav magazine with you, return and its done !!!