Hello,

thanks for replies.

But -- I must be making bigger scenes than others. I use the cross hands but it is painfully slow, and unprofessional . Its excruciatingly un-intuitive in fact. I was hoping i was missing something. For example, you would never have something so bad in Maya, 3DS max, or other pro packages. I believe even Blender has some decent controls { albeit a bit unusual }

thanks for the dot tip though, that might help.