I agree that these both the above would be very nice features.
I created a double binary by entering the velocity components manually, but it was a little work.
You can probably take this and modify it for your needs.
It would also be nice to be able to add 'systems' at a specific location, and group them together, and give them initial velocity components (in addition to their relative velocities to each other). I realize that there are probably more features that are higher on the priority list, because the demand for them is greater, but these would be 'nice to have' features sometime in the future, especially if there's a lot of others that would like them too.
Great work on the alpha so far, it's really looking nice!