I just replied this elsewhere today (the thread about Fusion 360), but this tutorial was extremely eye-opening to me and got me started a year or so ago for par

I just replied this elsewhere today (the thread about Fusion 360), but this tutorial was extremely eye-opening to me and got me started a year or so ago for part design, which is probably what most folks are looking to do: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geSQlBczsWY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geSQlBczsWY After that and a couple weeks of playing, I upped my skills with a "household thing a day" monthlong challenge: https://twitter.com/hashtag/30DayCADChallenge?f=live https://twitter.com/hashtag/30DayCADChallenge?f=live From there, you can export to STL for printing. I've recently gotten into Blender for taking STL exports and adding lighting, materials, and animations. I started with it with this bonkers good free (for email) video series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3UWN2F2M2C8-zUjbFlbgtWPQa0NXBsp0 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3UWN2F2M2C8-zUjbFlbg... There is an incredible amount of outstanding stuff out there, often for free. My advice is to find something that resonates with you and run with it.