They did backtrack a bit judging by the complaints in the user forum. 
The version that is supposed to appear Aug 1 will in fact will allow
shells and surfaces to be created.  For $49.95 you can get rid of the
google ads.  I'm a user of SolidWorks 2005, XPress has many of the
features of SW2005 (my guess is probably 90% or so.)  That to me is a
bargain.  Certainly leaps and bounds above AutoCAD LT.

Regards,
Bob

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