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Are there any easy, free 3D modeling programs for amateurs?

I'm an amateur interested in fooling around with making some 3D scenes. I've downloaded Daz, but I think I screwed up my directories and it won't work. Are there any other similar programs? Thanks!

Public Comments

1. lightwave
2. Blender, hands down. Superb software, freeware too, great forums, demos, tutorials etc.
3. I really like POV-ray. It's really easy to learn if you take an afternoon to go through the tutorial. After just a few hours, you'll be making some very fun and interesting scenes.
4. You might try Blender: http://www.blender.org/ or POV-RAY: http://www.povray.org/ Blender comes with an interface for creating the models, for POV-RAY you either use a text file, or you can find some graphical front-ends.
5. Google SketchUp