Originally Posted by
kissTheApex
I share your “love” for sketchup. It’s a strictly for emergencies kind of thing for me. Fusion 360 used to be free for home and small business (<$100,000 revenue a year). Many of the home/hobby CNC guitar builders choose it for their modeling and CAM use for that reason.
IIRC, Solidworks has a similar scheme too, but it is much more convoluted than “I am a hobby user” statement. I know I’m repeating myself, but I would love to learn solidworks. Alas, my day job totally ruined my plans to buy a ShopSabre 23, so those plans have to wait quite a while longer
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Solidworks is amazing for 3d work, and even more amazing for 3d assemblies.
Alas, my student version expired long ago and we only have AutoCAD at work.
I've been working on 3d modeling in AutoCAD lately and I'm starting to get the hang of it. A lot of stuff is a PITA compared to Solidworks.