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@jeff.pek this has come up before though: https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-360-computer-aided/choose-selection-set-as-geometry/m-p/638117...
Aside from that one thread I know I've seen it discussed in other threads as well.
At any rate, @Anonymous, one could consider that a fully-integrated solution like Fusion 360 will have to include the flexibility of what you call a programmer workaround. Mastercam is CAM-only (yes, I've made geometry in MCam, and I really hope to never have to do that again), and so its options are limited with regard to how to limit or constrain toolpaths. This makes it more flexible on a CAM side, but if the same can be achieved through CAD in combination, I don't see that as detrimental or in need of CAM alterations. The functionality is simply relocated and more variable than cascading menu-depths. It's also more flexible.
I have never run into a CAM system in which everything works as expected or needed either, and have lied to Mastercam, Gibbscam, HSMWorks, Fusion 360 and CAMWorks at different times and due to differing limitations (that last one is a doozy for workarounds). Creating a sketch is pretty small-fries IMO in this regard, even though I agree that it feels crappy.
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