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I'm told Fusion 360 is a much preferable tool for that reason, among others, but SketchUp is free for me for now. I'm hoping enough of what I learn is transfera

I'm told Fusion 360 is a much preferable tool for that reason, among others, but SketchUp is free for me for now. I'm hoping enough of what I learn is transferable. Actually, I'm hoping whatever I switch to when I'm using it commercially is a little less magical. SketchUp's inference system is neat. When it works. I'm also not interested in renting software. I'd like to own it, thank you very much. Fusion 360 is only available on a subscription model.

justinclift 8y ago
> I'm also not interested in renting software. I'd like to own it, thank you very much. Fusion 360 is only available on a subscription model. Fully agreed. :) If you're ok with trying out OSS software, FreeCAD has become pretty decent with the 0.17 release (not long ago) and can also generate the needed CAM drive cutting tools as well. It's interface is a bit clunky, however it's really powerful too. It does output useful 3D model formats as well, in case you need to send stuff to an outside place for doing stuff with. :)