My work implies usually dealing with complex architecture 3d models that need to be represented properly in 2D in order to get them built.
Rhino has been my main tool for more than 10 years. The main problem with the 2D CAD workflow in Rhino (talking about V5, 6 is on the go) when you want to get the information from 3D models is that you need lot of tricky work that involves Make2D, Section, Trim, Cap…to be able to generate quality 2D drawings with correct line width representation and projections (nothing to say about element labels, calls to element in descriptive charts, etc…).
If we could get some nice workflow that let us to specify views and cuts with good customization on how sectioned or projected elements are represented, that could improve a lot our workflow.
If I were the guy at Mcneel coordinating this (I saw that @bobmcneel said that @lowell is) I would ask my self “How many steps an user needs to complete a good looking and useful 2D drawing from a proper 3D model?”. Here we could draw a flowchart analysing in which steps Rhino is failing bringing the easiest way to deal with the problem.
And I’m a very happy user and Trainer. I have been training Rhino for more than 9 years continuously and I really think that the 3D to 2D workflow is a miracle compared to the traditional 2D CAD drawing thing, but I really thing that some polish could be very useful to deal with the new pushing family in the house…the BIM software. It’s not about considering BIM software a direct competition ut considering that for some kind of task users could prefer in the near future to invest in those monstrous tools having an all in one solution instead of looking at the fast, reliable, flexible and awesomely stable Rhino software.
Just my two cents in the conversation. I don’t want to be pedant or raise any unquestionable statement, but I think that this is a very interesting field not explored properly yet.
P.S.: I tried to deal with the problem by myself from time to time, but I always face the same problems: the RhinoCommon API doesn’t expose proper methods to script some tools using functions that mimics Rhino commands as Make2D. I saw recently that a fellow from the GH forum made a good try on it: