Thanks so much everyone for the responses. This is exactly the detail I needed. This align feature and the new scene browser (even without groups) is going to be enough to have me upgrading (though I hope you keep adding goodies Michael!).

Actually, I really can't do without the scene browser now that I've got it. I like the implementation too as it reminds me of the Primitive Itch Scene Tool plugin for trueSpace which in that software was at the top of my essentials list.

Pilou, the French defense archive is a fantastic resource. The plans section is terrific. One highly accomplished card model designer/builder from the Papermodelers forum has built an amazing model of "Lavoisier", designed in Rhino using plans from the archive.

http://www.papermodelers.com/forum/ships-watercraft/1067-lavoisier-1-250-a-19.html