Hey... just now I installed K-3D and I like it. maybe you should tried this software also if you want to make modeling and animation. K-3D is free 3D modeling and animation software.
K-3D features a robust, object-oriented plugin architecture, designed to scale to the needs of professional artists, and is designed from-the-ground-up to generate motion-picture-quality animation. K-3D allows you to create and edit documents in multiple realtime OpenGL solid, shaded, texture-mapped views. You can even model, animate, and interact with animations while they play back for maximum productivity!
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