that depends. my main medium is 3ds max, and the class next year uses bryce 5.5 but im sure i can make some connections. but yea i'll teach you wat i no. i can already do some minor and very basic static modeling
anyways in the mean time try starting with these links:
http://www.video-tutes.com/packages/3d1.php
http://www.simplymax.com/movie_pages/category.mhtml?cat_id=1