I assume you're exporting the items from Wings3D as OBJ files? Although there may well be an MTL file with the OBJ which specifies the colour and texture settings, DAZ|Studio doesn't (yet - in this case we know there is an internal version that will do the trick, since one of the developers told us, though we don't know when or how it will be relased) read it so you have to redo the settings in the Surfaces palette. Rotate, Translate and Scale are all "selection" tools - they let you click on an object to select it and at the same time bring up the controls for their function. PowerPose is also a seelction tool, and by default it doesn't display any control gizmo which may make it easier to see what you are doing.