Hi Mike,

> First, (What?) Somewhere, I missed the fact that you could
> input commands in the data box below...

Yup, type tab first to put focus into that xyz control, and then it is possible to type in a command name and press Enter to run that command. Also if you type in the name of a named object there it will select it.

And of course if you're in a drawing command that is asking you for a point there is a variety of point input that you can enter there as well, see:
http://moi3d.com/2.0/docs/moi_command_reference1.htm#__XYZ%20/%20Distance%20/%20Angle


> ...And just discovered that the order of profile object
> selection is followed in the loft.

Yup, if you have selected the profiles by individual clicks on each profile, the order that you clicked on them will be taken as the order they are lofted between. If you do something else like window select them then MoI will try to figure out the order automatically - if they're on parallel planes it will sort them by distance along that plane normal.

- Michael