Looks like I'll be modelling in Max a little longer than I thought.  Blender's Bevel feature is giving me agita!  lol.  Lux, how were you able to transition to Blender's way of dealing with insets and bevels?

Just don't give up on Blender!  I have posted a reply to your thread over in the blender forum, and there are some solutions to some of your issues.  Especailly the one about box selections, and being able to rotate your view.  Blender is an amazing modeling software, as well as much more!  You just have to adjust the way you are used to doing some things in 3dsmax.  Heck, I follow 3dsmax tutorials in Blender all the time now, and sometimes I'm way ahead of what the teacher in the tuts are doing!  So obviously there are some things faster and easier in Blender too. This model looks great, Luxxeon!  Will you be releasing this as a freebie?  I love this chair!