Hi Michael,

> I am actually really looking forward to the future of getting to work on more 2D related stuff in general, there will be a lot of cool things that I would like to make happen there.

Do you mean 2D related stuff in general = 2D annotation, 2D detailing & 2D drawing ?

> The idea is to kind of have just basic 2D stuff but with a nice integration between 3D and 2D, that will be the cool part.

So, this will be like a parametric software ?

Probably more along the lines of Corel Draw or Adobe Illustrator.

Hi Anis,

> Do you mean 2D related stuff in general = 2D annotation,
> 2D detailing & 2D drawing ?

Here I was talking about 2D illustration type stuff like Adobe Illustrator type stuff. Like being able to set line styles, set fills, things that you would expect to see in a 2D drawing program.

But yes I would like to have a variety of aspects of 2D integrated, at just a pretty basic level but that still should be quite useful.


> So, this will be like a parametric software ?

That's one idea. I mean without the kind of bi-directional type editing but it could be a good setup to have a "print" view as another tab next to Split / 3D / Top / Front / Right, which was a kind of "print preview" 2D editing view where you would see the outline of the printed page, and have some way to populate it with hidden lines generated from the 3D view. Probably not a whole automatic updating type thing, just a way to take a snapshot and fill in the 2D stuff and then let you edit it.

That was an idea that I had early on when setting up those view tabs originally, but it's one of those things that I have not had enough time to be able to get to yet.

It's not all completely planned out yet, just one of many different ideas for stuff in the future.

- Michael

Hi Michael....

And dont forget about dimensioning ;)

Keep spirit Michael, Manage your time :)

Hello Michael,

Thanks for the follow-up. I took a look at the v2 stuff and it looks promising. I think Moi has the potential to become a essential illustrators tool if it keeps its ease of use and intuitive nature. It's not intimidating in its operation, and thats where many packages fall down IMO, they throw up a barrier at square one to the novice with the interface. Thanks for taking the time to answer my questions, even for a 30 day user. With that kind of service it makes me look harder for reasons to cost justify the purchase.

Hi OSTexo,

You wrote:
> <...> if it keeps its ease of use and intuitive nature.

Don't worry, that's definitely a major goal for MoI!

- Michael