Fusion 360 has been great for me. The modeler is very easy and practical for simple folk like me.
I use their free edition. I had the paid subscription for a year but then went down to free, which works just as great.
Maybe give OnShape a try. Its interface is really good and will let you learn parametric CAD in one of the best conditions possible.
sepi@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
wfh@piefed.zip 3 weeks ago
Unfortunately Fusion360 has no official Linux support and is not easy to download and install, while Onshape is browser-based so OS-agnostic.
sepi@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
The paid version does allow for use from a browser, which I used from Ubuntu a lot. That's how I got into Fusion360 after headaches with Onshape, FreeCAD and many others. The Fusion360 modeler is very good, and parametric.
However, I understand this solution might not work for you.
Cris_Color@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Thanks for the suggestion. I’d wanted something FOSS but maybe itd be better to at least learn on something sensible. I really wanted to make freecad work, but man was it a rough way to try and learn parametric cad 😅
wfh@piefed.zip 3 weeks ago
Yeah FreeCAD has a pretty rough learning curve. Especially since you need to learn parametric and its UI at the same time. I still mostly use OnShape because it's become second nature, but last time I tried FreeCAD it was much easier since I only had to learn the UI.