Importing 3D object into Motion - what format?

I'd like to find out what formats motion supports for 3D objects, can't seem to find it documented anywhere...
thanks,
George

Save yourself the hard work, Noise Industries plugins have access to camera data from within a plugin.
http://www.noiseindustries.com/
Anything imported into Motion results in a flat plane, but taking the above information could help in giving the contents a pseudo 3D effect.
Peter

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This area of functionality has changed little between After Effects 6.5 and CS3, so the
" 3D files from other applications" section of After Effects CS3 Help on the Web is still relevant for you.
Here's an excerpt:
"After Effects can import 3D-image files saved in Softimage PIC, RLA, RPF, and Electric Image EI format. These 3D-image files contain red, green, blue, and alpha (RGBA) channels, as well as auxiliary channels with optional information, such as z depth, object IDs, texture coordinates....
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