3d freeware for mac?

[resin]

I'm looking around for some decent 3d package for mac, either cheap or free, for teaching middleschool students the very basics. Less complicated would probably be better. Anyone got any suggestions?

[Ozymandias]

Try some Legos or Duplos... I know it's not for the computer but it can still be fun =) (they did make 'Lego Creator' though)

Not exactly cheap, however. Sorry. I heard there was a program called "Blender" but I don't know what OS's it runs on, or how complicated it is...

[Phillip]

Blender is free and available for a bunch of platforms, but it can be complicated to use; it's on roughly the same scale as a full-featured commercial product like Maya, 3ds Max, etc.

For just the basics, you might want to try Google SketchUp. It's free, easy to use, and they've got a page specifically for K-12 education : http://sketchup.google.com/customers/edu/primary.html

[resin]

Thanks! I was just looking at Blender but I think Sketchup is much more what I had in mind.

[Count Roland]

wings 3d is ok. maybe to simple but I know it runs great on mac osx 10.4