I visited a friend who is a professional medical engineer, and watched him work on a 3D design on some software paid for my the university they worked at. The options and features looked very practical!

Although I am not even close to working on so complicated projects, I did love the funtionalities. So now i have decided to put in the effort and learn a decent program, instead of using Tinkercad. I have been very happy with Tinkercad, but some things are only doable with workarounds or very creative methods.

The question is, what software should i start learning?

-FreeCAD
-Fusion 360
-AutoCAD
-Sketchup
-Blender
-LibreCAD
-Something else entirely?

  • Smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works
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    6 days ago

    Onshape should be at the top of that list. I use it both professionally and personally.

    People get freaked out over the free tier data being public, but if you’ve ever tried searching for something that’s public you’d not worry.

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      6 days ago

      Onshape also has a great series of interactive tutorials that will teach you everything from basics up to advanced.