Update, found the answer.    

Here's x3, in an exaggerated view of my laments.    I have to move the mouse 60 inches to get to the tiny "undock" arrow at the bottom, far left.     And if I'm not careful, x3 will re-dock it for me.   

This is easy to do in Platinum. Open all three views and grab the tab in the dock for each view and move it to where you want them one after the other. You will no doubt need to adjust the size of each view and  place them in a way that they don't overlap. If you have three monitors this is so simple its ridiculously easy. Also set up a screen set for this.