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>> I am looking for a source of trees & civil engineering objects (street lights, cars, etc) for use in 3-d models in 3d studio. << Sounds like you need to get your hands on a Schreiber Instruments now called 4D Vision Brochure. They have exactly what your looking for Imagine Civil Detailer with Guardrails, jersey barriers, road striping, railroads, telephone poles, or even a monorail. Then there's the Imagine Detailor with Wall's and Fences. The Imagine Nursery has 58 types of trees for high density and close up work and you can use the Yost Group Silicon Garden for Fractal Forests and Shrubs…then if your in to TerraForming big time you certainly don't want to forget about the AnimaTek "World Builder" Which is a truley wonderful Landscape creation tool. I see by your CIS ID that you are out of Country (USA) is that correct? If so where? You could Contact Schreiber Europe at the Fordbrook Business Center Tel:44 (0) 672 62040 Digimation handles the World Builder and you can only call the U.S. Number as far as I know. 1-800's usually don't work internationally so you'd better try 1-504-468-7898 and tell them Jim Murphy told Ya' To Call. <BG> Murph'

You might want to take a look at the MECN Tree Factory demo in the IPAS Usage library. It's a Win32 application that generates 3D Trees and exports them to DXF, LightWave 3D, and RAW file formats. Gregg

Brad: Check out Ketiv's Blocks and Materials CD. It has an assortment of models which include vehicles and other amenities for your project. You could also peruse Viewpoint's Avalon Internet site. – Bob Ritger