bevel only works well WHEN scale is set to 1 , in obj mode hit ctrl+A set scale , after setting bevel hit F6 to bring up options (change size number of cuts ) this appears somewhere on T~panel but since we got tabs I have that turned off mostly [love my shortcuts lol ] insert "i" key again works best when scale is 1 again hit F6 for options has quite a few

rotations can be a pain but lock to an axis hit x,y or z after rotate (shift x,y,z  allows rotate in 2 axis) 

know what you mean about made by dif peeps ;-)  but with all blender has to offer sims rigid bodies etc etc its an awful lot of fun  rofl

This is invaluable information!  Thank you!  Oh, Blender sure is a lot of fun. I have to say, I'm very impressed with the latest version of Blender using the Pie Menus.  I addressed that earlier in the thread, but I can't say enough about how much it has improved the usability.  Before the pie menus and visual icons in 2.73, you had to memorize a TON of hotkeys, and while most advanced users of any software should learn and use hotkeys in their workflow, earlier versions of Blender almost seemed useless without them.  Most of the functions were not available any other way, and that was frustrating as a new user too.  Beginners need visual help to learn the tools.  If you didn't know all of the hotkeys, you were likely to think Blender couldn't perform a certain function!  I've learned some good ones that I didn't know before, just from this thread alone.

Oh, I just wanted to mention... I think it was UnbrokenFighter who mentioned it... about selecting sub-objects with the L hotkey.  It does indeed seem to work without selecting a polygon or vertex, but for some reason, not all the time.  I have an object here that I put the cursor over the element I wish to select, and click L, but nothing happens?  Then I select a face on that element, and press L, and it selects it as expected.  Hmmm.  I wonder if it's a bug, or just the nature of this particular object?  It has a ton of small, sub-elements in it.

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Tools :  3dsmax 2015, Daz Studio 4.6, PoserPro 2012, Blender v2.74

System: Pentium QuadCore i7, under Win 8, GeForce GTX 780 / 2GB GPU.