anim8or is free after all, and many people prefer it to others.
Shouldn't a free engine be compadiable with a free program to make animated models?
Please consider this.
I just read this on the official anim8or forum.
http://www.anim8or.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000045.html
Anim8or only exports sequences as .an8 files or images. You can export static .3ds files but not animated ones.