I am working through some drawings, and finding that there are a number of features that would be very helpful to see added to the program:
1. Copy & Paste - whether I am copying notes, view scales/titles, surface finish, hole call ups etc, the addition of a copy/paste feature within the drawing environment would be a huge time saver.
2. Drawing view titles - complete with scale. I'll frequently use multiple views of objects in an assembly, currently I will type this all out by hand, a time consuming process if I have a lot of views & part details. (see copy/paste request above!)
3. Hole call ups - here all threads, counter-bores etc need to be typed out manually. Easy to make a mistake here and no continuity with the current version of the model.
4. Weld symbols!
5. Dimension text orientation, purely horizontal text can make for a cluttered workspace.
6. Text insertion points - center justified text should have a center insertion point.
7. Insert DXF/sketch reference - an example of when this would be useful is producing a drawing illustrating plates that make up a weldment. These plates are typically produced by a CNC operated plasma torch, but not all holes and features in the final model will be included in the pattern. It is easy enough to create a new sketch within the model and project faces to generate my DXF, removing project features if required, but I can't insert this sketch into my drawing to include QC dimensions.
8. View alignment aids such as construction lines.
9. Tables you can edit. How do you add notes on anything but material and assembly name?
10. Tables combined for multiple views - when dealing with multiple components and views, attaching a new table for each component isn't practical.
11. Bubbles you can renumber. There is a basic issue with practicality in how one creates and controls components. Sometimes a part creation for a simple object like a plate or structural member in a weldment will mean that multiple occurrences of it are separate bodies or components, and being forced to assign unique bubbles to it isn't ideal. An example is a plate that is essentially 2D object, thus "right hand/left hand" occurrences are identical.
