They take a bit getting use to, but try to stick with them.  AsileFX has a What's new with Vue 6 training CD.  They explain the new features much better than the manual.  Now after a week of using these, I'd never want to go back to the old way.  I admit through, at first I hated them... 

In the final release, I think we will have some more capablities to make them match our 3D program of choice - I think right now we are only seeing one version. 

My only gripe is the boxes with the move, rotate, scale boxes are way too small.  You can increase the size of the gizmos, but the boxes stay the same size.  Hope this changes in the final release.

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