Luke, looks like you edited your post while I was typing by response. BTW, we are not offended:-) Constructive criticism and feedback is very welcome. You were wondering if the Fusion team had experience with drawings. Yes, we do. For many of us this is the 3 or 4th drawing tech we are building after working on AutoCAD Mechanical, Inventor etc. Many of us are also mechanical engineers with industry experience.
As you guys pointed out drawings are a binding document but a production drawing varies depending on the product, customer, region. Products like AutoCAD Mechanical, Inventor etc. are still working on their drawings tools even after being in the market for 15+ years because nuanced needs. So the reason for the priority question is to find the right set so that you and users currently using Fusion can create a production drawing. For example, the top five in your list is not in the list we have currently planned for in the next couple of updates. The ones Timera listed out were based on feedback from other users. So it is not that we don't know what to do but we want to prioritize the ones which will make you successful working with you and others in the community.
The Fusion drawing tech is actually AutoCAD underneath. So yes, we are slurping AutoCAD. I am sure you next question is why it is taking time to get all the nice tools in AutoCAD. Couple of reasons...1) we have to build the associativity and view creation engine between the model and the drawing, 2) get it ready for MAC 3) get the user experience coherent with rest of Fusion. Now that we have lot of that infrastructure we expect to go fast adjusting the priorities based on the needs of the users in the community.
Trippylighting to your point about Autodesk being a big company and certain resource might be out of reach, we are doing something different with Fusion. Fusion is developed in a distributed model reusing core technology (graphics, modeling kernel etc.), services (data, viewing etc.) and more importantly teams. For example, the drawing technology is being worked on by people from the AutoCAD team not just the Fusion team. Same for CAM etc. Other way to look at it is Fusion is being built by Autodesk not just a specific team within Autodesk.
BTW, I am curious to know what you guys do, who you work for if it can be shared. If you have already shared it I apologize for asking the question again. Trippylighting, I thought you do these really cool lighting designs. Is that part of the larger organization you work for now?
Prabakar.