for the bevel mod the closer you start to the origin point the faster it bevels and the farther away you are the more precise it is

i model at 100times studio size just because i like massive details and im used to multi-million poly meshes which tend to crash daz and poser

as far as pixar that was almost 8 years ago and it was a proprietary version for a studio

as far as the rotate tools if you use R it locks to an axis R+Y, R+X, R+Z  locks it to those axis but using the MMB+ALT+CTRL  will give better control

as i said im used to the older versions so the newer addons are a mystery to me