See drawing as they print in the Bonsai viewport

Issue: https://github.com/IfcOpenShell/IfcOpenShell/issues/6422

Hi guys,

As discussed some time ago here https://community.osarch.org/discussion/2640/drawings-documentation-donation-proposal#latest I wanted to start an donation item for drawings and documentation (D&D).

I will post these as standalone issues as to make it easy to track progress, as proposed by @Moult .

This is the first and most important one I think, though it also got the most discussion on the forum, see the link above.

So the request is basically this:

Shorten the process from
add stuff (almost blindly) on drawing -> print drawing -> adjust accordingly -> repeat 500 times ;)
to
add stuff on drawing -> visually check -> print 1 time -> done!

Basically the stylesheets, symbols, tags and patterns etc applied in the drawing view. I feel like I spend the most time adjusting annotations as I can't see the result. This also includes correct text sizes as they are printed etc.

Personally I prefer to keep all things including drawings editing etc in Bonsai, but as @duarteframos said on the forum:

I think this perfectly sums up how I'd like to see it, as long as it's all seamless integrated. So maybe for now the web interface including the editing is the way to go...

Having a solution for this would be huge!! I believe it would get a lot more intuitive for new users and makes it feel as a more complete package!

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If you're a developer that would like to work on this project, please ping us at the following link, and share your intentions. https://github.com/IfcOpenShell/IfcOpenShell/issues/6422


General Note about Projects: 

Anyone familiar with software development knows that it's sometimes hard to determine when exactly the project is complete.   Even when the scope is clearly defined, quite often there's a sense that more can be done to refine the project.  This is unavoidable, so in that light, to be fair to both the funders and solution providers, the steering committee will act as the arbiter to determine when the project is done and when the funds should be distributed.  When it's 'done' will also be a factor of how much the funding is relative to how involved the scope is.  That is say, if a very small amount of funding is provided, for a solution that would require a lot more funding, the steering committee can allocate funds for partial solutions, as well.

Please note, if no one provides a solution to the project with a year (365days), the funds dedicated to this project will be transferred over to OSarch's general funding. The OSArch steering committee will then allocate the funding to other projects.

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If you're relatively active in the OSArch community, and have an idea that you'd like to see get funded and developed, please read the following to have your project posted on OSArch's Open Collective site.
https://community.osarch.org/discussion/1741/have-an-idea-youd-like-to-get-funding-for-or-see-realized