Yeah, apparently there have been a couple of efforts in this space — looking to track them all down and see how workable they are.
@Splinters-n-sawdust — what sort of work do you wish to do?
OpenSCAD isn’t that limited, esp. compared to the other options — pretty much anything one can do mathematically, one can do in it, so the limit is usually one’s knowledge of math (says the guy who’s trying to puzzle out conic sections for one project).
I’ve found the most expedient approach to use BlockSCAD to model a design in 3D, then to export to OpenSCAD and add a projection() command so as to be able export to DXF/SVG: