Thanks.
FWIW if anybody wants to try this; download and install this installer and then download the September 2014 update and run that one to start the program.
The last update (2015-08-28) with full installer seems to mess things up so stay clear of that oneā¦
All,
Obviously lots of cool updates in (Rhino V7) for generating 2D drawings and layouts. Still a lot more work to do in order to get to a point where (Rhino V8) could potentialy rapidly produce detailed mechanical engineering part drawings for manufacture with associated BOMāS. All this with Intuitive GD&T in both 3D and 2D work spaces, which is why I want to get these thoughts rolling again.
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Thread has kind of been resting for a bit. Think it needs a kick to get it in noticed again
Anytime I mention it, it seems ppl interpret my words as gibberish 
ppl donāt understand GD&T.
Iāve been dreaming about Rhino having better tools in this regard since antiquity.
Thereās a whole science behind it, and would have to be very careful to implement correctly.
Youād need ppl whoāve been thoroughly trained and specialized in this to avoid mistakes.
That would surprise me too. Iāve mentioned GD&T quite a bit in the last decade. Although, Iāve not been very active until the last few yrs, and I havenāt really pushed for it cause ppl usually act like all Rhino is for is making freeform NURBS and thatās it.
Hence, Rhinoās lack of ability to support the need for making blue-print style drawings, patent-style drawings, house plans, or any kind of GD&T prints, has always been way out of the question.
But Iām glad @rwaissi brought it up, cause heās right.
Maybe someday this can develop into some actual intuitive geometry/dimensional constraint interface as well.
Technically, part drawings should automatically update to the particular GD&T parameter adjustments too.
Iām glad you mentioned it. 
I wonder if Grasshopper Eto stuff would be involved in any solutions. Idk, Iām still learningā¦
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@RBL Thanks for getting in touch. And yes I hope that we can keep some conversations moving on this topic. It would be a massive evolution for RHINO and would simplify alot of the challenges we have in house with our Design and Engineering teams at the moment. All of our initial Design and Engineering is done in RHINO at the moment, as we have the freedom within the software to create without constraints. we then have to switch platforms and spend the time to build out those models again in Solid Works in order to generate and manage all of our 2D factory CAD Builld data. Ideally we would work in the same CAD platform, typically as SolidWorks CAD users do. Rhino is so superior when it comes to designing, modeling, and analyzing anything in my opinion. And as a presentation tool it is hands down the best there is. I love all of the new appearance and visualization updates. The last hurdle here I feel is the 2D/3D GD&T with some parametric corelation between model and layout, I this came to fruition, even through the evolutionary development of a few small phase releases, Rhino would easily be the numero (UNO) in CAD. And finally we could save $120,000 a year spent on the added SW CAD environment. I will share some of current CAD Developments in RHINO in order that we have some discussion samples.
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I also design in Rhino and will at times bring it into Solidworks rwaissiā¦But for some reason step ing out really large models in Rhino can be hit or miss now, Iāve sent a few examples to Rhino to look at and they have gotten the same results. If its a hit its easy enough (usally) to bring it into solidworks. If not than one block at a time.
Solid works will open a 3dm file but not always a really big one, and if it does it takes forever to load. So no matter what there usually is a lot of work to do.
Some day maybeā¦