3ds max: how is this done?

[kdd]

http://www.3dcar-gallery.com/003_serial_081-100/093_Carlos%20Acevedo.htm

in the second picture, what is used? nurbs or what? i'm asking, because whatever it is, it gives nice curves to an object.
thanks.

[DDD]

Splines....then from those splines you do what is called patching. Then you get that nice curved dense mesh.

[kdd]

hey thanks man. i'll try that out...

[kdd]

hey DDD, can you please explain that in a bit detail? i'm still trying to learn it... thanks. :) i drew a nurbs curve, and applied surface CV. is that how it is supposed to be done? oh i can also refine, delete or insert rows, cols, or both, which can give nice curves...

so if i've and object in x-y direction, how can it get some bend in z dir? thanks again.

edit:
i think i've figured it out by myself... create new points, and get it to a shape by moving the points... then to change the z value, just drag the z-arrow and move up or down... i think i'll have a very simple thing created by tomorrow. :)