I'm sure it's more complicated than Blender xD And I know it's free for students, like me. c:
I'll probably get into it later once I know what I'm doing with the simpler programs.
As for converting for MAYA, I'm not sure if you can. There MAY be a plugin for it, I haven't checked.
And I don't know how to use Blender at ALL. D; I tried exporting and it doesn't work very well for some reason, but that's just my incompetence for the program. I saw there were problems with the plugins on the newer versions somewhere...
So what programme do you use xD I thought you used Blender x3 I've tried quite a few programmes I've then had to delete because they've been no use to me :/ I can export on Blender and MAYA, just not Ogre Mesh files...
MAYA is only 'free' for around three years or so... then you have to pay for it... :/ - that's what I've been told anyway.