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Thanks, zester - a brilliant tutorial.

I've spotted a couple of things in it which are blindingly obvious now you've pointed them out (I have never been able to understand them before). So well done!

Please keep them coming.

I have my own issues with Blender, centred around the user interface. However, there can be no argument about it - on a cost versus efficiency basis, it can't possibly be beaten at present. I think Andrew Price has highlighted the interface problems at the perfect time - just as the version is about to go up to 2.7 - and I suspect that his suggestions for improvement will be incorporated throughout the 2.7 series.

Don't throw Blender in the rubbish bin just yet.

Well, that's a shame, TD. I've learned a lot from the exchanges between yourself and heartseed. I'm still nowhere near doing anything constructive, but I've learned a lot

Best of luck in your next venture.

Well, I tend to use Sketchup as a quick outliner for buildings, but then I import into Blender for any finishing. The problem (as I see it) with Sketchup models is that they LOOK like Sketchup models unless you do a whole host of other work - in which case you may as well be doing that work in Blender.

Having said that, a lot of Blender complexity is still a mystery to me. I begin any model apart from buildings in a old copy of Silo 3D (I would use Wings 3D, but it no longer runs on an up-to-date Ubuntu installation). Come to think of it, I use a lot of software merely to avoid Blender, and then use Blender as a final polishing tool. Maybe it's time I stopped being lazy and really got to grips with the Blender interface.

In general, then - yes. Any tool I can find which is easy to use and does a job well is fine by me.