SmoothTeddy is a simple 3D sketch-based modeling and painting software. You can make rotund 3D models such as teddy bears quickly, and paint them in an integrated environment. The resulting 3D models has hierarhical joint structure, so you can use them for animation projects like Alice. You can store the model in VRML format. (SmoothTeddy is a successor to Teddy and Chameleon)

• Download SmoothTeddy (smoothteddy.zip 1.5MB, including manual) requires Java2 and Windows OS
  

Additional resources

• Demonstration video clip (5min) AVI (48MB)
• Paper on Smooth Surface Construction ( ACM I3D 2003, PDF)
• Paper on Texture Painting Technology (ACM I3D 2001, PDF)
• Example models (animation is created using another program)
• Commercial Products: PC package , GameCube game , PlayStation2 game