You're gonna have a blast with 11. The Autodesk booth at SVR was home to an Autodesk rep for a bit, and he had 11 on his lappy.

Make sure you check out the new frame generator, it's AMAZING. You can make an entire robot frame, actually quite complex, in just a couple of minutes. And yes, there is a lot more focus on surfaces.

(it turns out I can't find my pdf of what's new, I seem to have lost it...)