That's the future through the past. The original Pro/E had a separate module called Pro/Detail.
The thing about saving time by not making drawings is interesting. There is still effort required to put all the relevant information into the CAD system, no matter the details about the storage and retrieval method. It seems like the main limitation for MBE is getting the equipment, software, and training in place to use it.
The biggest limitation to using MBE is that there has been no good place for downstream users to make easy annotations. By the way, for those who think otherwise, an annotation is something added to a completed work. So adding notes and symbols to a CAD model is not annotation; it is necessary to complete the description.
Annotation is adding a note to a finished/standalone work and not putting it in to begin with. Dimensions? Not annotation. Model notes? Not annotation. Redline change - that is annotation.
In either case, whether a PDF or a printed page, the tools required for annotation are cheap and effective. And distribution of the annotated drawings is cheap and well defined. Screen-grab + e-mail, for example.
In highly vertical industries MBE may work fine, but it can't replace all 2D distribution of documentation in the remaining 95% of industry. Also of note - computer monitors are all 2D, even if they are used to display a '3D' model. Still waiting on Hololens, Oculus Rift, and related 3D interactivity in the CAD applications.
