Tangentally related... if you are a student... Solid works is ~$180/year... and autodesk software is free for 3 years from your enrollment. Haven't tried autode

Tangentally related... if you are a student... Solid works is ~$180/year... and autodesk software is free for 3 years from your enrollment. Haven't tried autodesk's offerings but Solidworks is unbelievably powerful software. It's incredible. Guess what makes you a student? Any community college class. So go take a welding class.