Hello mattj,

I use MoI for technical illustration as well, among other things. I've found that exporting the model in AI and cleaning up in Illustrator with Astute Graphics tools like Vector First Aid, Pathscribe, etc. really helps. The point count deceases dramatically in the vast majority of cases and you can move points around on curves, to tangencies, real time savers.

I am hopeful that MoI will continue to improve in how it exports 2D. One really useful feature would be being able to import the exported AI while preserving the linkage to the raster image and saving the modified AI back out. I find there are just some 2D tools in MoI that Illustrator can't match.

I've also found sometimes 2D export is cleaner in Rhino for some reason, but it seems to be model dependent. On some files the curve endpoints seem to get wobbly, it's just a matter of doing a little trimming and curve blending. As a workaround I've also found that sometimes separating parts of the model straightens things out.