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If you are going to have anything, other than your camera and target point, moving in your animation, then you definitely need a product like 3dStudio. AcuRender and AutoVision only support camera and target point movement. The other members' suggestions for resources are all very good. Ketiv's Blocks and Materials CD has numerous ready-to-use models and materials. You didn't indicate whether you had purchased AccuRender or AutoVision as yet. If you are going to be using 3dStudio for your animations, then I would recommend AutoVision over AccuRender. AutoVision uses the same material libraries, lights, and camera definitions as 3dStudio (surprise! They're both AutoDesk products), and will export your entire environment as a ready-to-use .3ds file. If you have any questions, either post them here or call me at my office. I work for an AutoDesk dealer in San Diego named Imperatives, Inc. We deal in CAD, animation, video editing and production, and multimedia / presentation hardware and software. Good luck! It's a fun and lucrative industry to be in at this time!