I just downloaded this today
http://www.insanesoftware.de/index.p...x/features.php
haven't tried it yet, but its free
I've been trying Blender (free), but I'm brand new to this stuff and Blender is pretty difficult
here's a intro Blender tutorial on how to draw, skeletonize and animate a Ginger Bread man in under an hour
http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Do...ingerbread_Man
there's also Art of Illusion which is also free
http://www.artofillusion.org/docs/ha...animation.html
I'm mostly interested in exporting to Ogre 3D so that's why AC3D is of interest to me