...i won't bother you here about how good/nice/fast/interactive this stuff is just try it, it's free... ...just consider a click on this blue-ish image, if you use something for production I have been using 3DS Max for a long time and am very confident in the plugs I have written for it. XSI is a different beast and while I have tried my best to ensure all is 100% working, you may come across something that needs correcting or improving. I am open for comments and suggestions, whether they be good or bad.
	based on Thomas Luft's Ivy Generator  grow ivy's on any model in your 3dsmax-scene, good for hiding imperfections on your models :)
	v0.93b for 3ds Max 9 up to 3ds Max 2010 x64  last update: 12.10.09

	initially created for Poser 6 import, but it evolved over time  it has now been tested with 20++ professional programs out there  it imports all material definitions correctly
	... how she looks, right after import
	v0.94b for 3ds Max 7 up to 3ds Max 2008 x64  v0.94b for SoftImage|XSI 6.x (32- & 64-bit)  last update: 16.05.08

	well, you might also want to export...  only std-max material support (for now)
	v0.94b for 3ds Max 7 up to 3ds Max 2008 x64 (XSI-version possible, if needed)  last update: 16.05.08

	PLY-file importer  imports scanned high resolution data including vertex colors, materials and much more
	v0.96b for 3ds Max 7 up to 3ds Max 2009 x64  last update: 16.05.08

	Terragen importer  imports Terragen terrains, camera/sun/render-settings  100% match of a tg-render with MAX/XSI camera view  don't use curved terrains, they won't match exactly (needs to be fixed)
	v0.75b for 3ds Max 7 up to 3ds Max 2010 x64, SoftImage|XSI 5.x (v.07b) <-- update canceled  last update: 07.08.09

	TerraNoise  a interactive terrain generator, far from being finished...  it exports terragen-terrains, normalmaps and tga-files  you can also generate seamless procedural textures, but that was not my intention :)
	v0.01b