   vertex weighting
  are there any (freely available) 3d models w/vertex weighting information in them? i''m starting to implelment skinning in our engine and i''ve finally got to a feature that i can''t test w/ my milkshape models.  and as for complex 3d packages go, i only have gmax thx,jebus 
  Look for cal3d ;charfx does weighted bones and has a nice IK thing too. ;  I know for sure that XSI give a free weighted model with animation with the XSI viewer.If you need information about loading the .xsi files, bones and envelopes, juste ask me, I already developed something for this.Simon ;  dotXSI File Toolkit (FTK) freely available here:http://www.softimage.com/connect/xsi/for both Linux and Windows.Contains a Semantic layer, to load/save .xsi files with ease.Supports both Binary and ASCII formats, should be able to load from  memory soon (I asked that a while ago, it''s on their todo list)   -* So many things to do, so little time to spend. *-