I agree Hexagon's gizmos are really near-perfect. Their only flaw is the lack of 2-point rotation and scaling. Without this, a manipulator does not fit into a CAD environment...

Michael, the Modo snapping gizmo preview starts at around 34:00 into Part 1 of the preview video...

3D - I'm with you. I much prefer the command driven style of transforming an object. But gizmos have their place too...

jonah