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I'd love to buy ALIAS or VRED, but these are too expensive. What are non-Autodesk options do I have?

Wow. I've just joined this forum and am already surprised by how good discussions here are. You can get these two for a great price, just visit the Software Gate store where can buy used software at discount https://software-gate.com . That's where used software sold, that's why prices are that low.