timrowledge

This is where the Pro version is worth paying for; it's so easy to use Layout to produce full sets of drawings with views, details, annotations, whatever. Print to pdf to share or take to the printshop for large sheet paper copies. I've done a couple of pieces on LumberJocks; no idea if non-members can get to them but let's see-
http://lumberjocks.com/projects/24706 (a bookcase)
http://lumberjocks.com/projects/24185 ( a bed)

A router Boss setup might be nice. And a pony. Pink.

Would that be a lifetime-including all DVD-issues-and-website subscription for FWW? I'll take one.

I'm exceedingly lucky; I have almost all the machinery I could plausibly want and a fair bit of time to play with them. Long may it continue!

My most important power tool accessory would be Dr.Cameron (from House) standing by ready to kiss my ouchies when I hurt myself with one.

I want a set of L-N chisels just because.

I would tend to agree that a CNC machine (indeed any machine) is the modern equivalent of a stable of apprentices that get to spend their time being bored silly with all the tedious bits.

Or, if you want another way of thinking about it, treat them as a router with an infinite number of built in jigs. I'd love one.

A trick I've used a few times is to place a guide line or two in the relevant places and the dimension will stick to the intersections created. Once you have the dimensions marked you can delete the guides.

Obviously this has a deficiency in that altering the dimensions of your piece will not affect these 'orphan' dimensions but you can't have everything.