When using SolidWorks you make a print of the modelled part for the shop floor. These prints can be saved as dxf/dwg for your plasma. I love SolidWorks but it is expensive and has a yearly maintenance fee.
If money is an issue, you should look at Alibre.
Rhino is a great design program but it is not very well setup for making shop drawings, as we all know you can't do manufacturing without shop drawings.
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