Completely agree. This would greatly reduce the amount of work that is needed to make a detail section look better. Now we model most of our casework, but in able to show up good in section views we need to go over it with detail components (most casework hatches like plywood etc are directional). If we were able to rotate the drafting patterns on view by view basis we could just go in there, rotate a few hatches and be done with it.
In order for it to work though, one should be able to rotate patterns on non-system families (for now we can rotate patterns on ceilings and walls but not patterns that are attached to a casework family (a splashing wall above a kitchen counter, a tiled worksurface on a kitchen island, wood veneer patterns, ...)
Alos, it would be great if drafting hatches would react to "align with element".