Kevin Traywick

If you're going larger US city to larger EU city, it doesn't really matter between FedEx and DHL. Otherwise, DHL has better ground experience in the EU. You could check with a freight expediter too. They'll generally do a decent amount of hand-holding through customs etc.
As for packing, I've shipped some pricey workstations with FedEx, no problems but they were packed like Faberge eggs. Your roadie case looks like a good way to go though.

Sorry, my description was as clear as mud. I mean the pink skeleton in the image above. I mostly wondered why the change mainly b/c I thought the biped skeleton mapping in KineFx was so easy to understand and use. Also, I'm not a rigger and just monkeying around with Apex; Kinefx does everything I need.

Been working throught this as well. In mapping, why the switch to the Apex mapping rig triangle layout for the base skel? It is pretty user unfriendly conmpared to the original biped KineFx layout.

Apex mapping vs Kinefx in these pics: