sketchup for design program

[Justin Watson]

Aside from sketchup for design program
Anybody else use anything?

 

[pods8 (Rugged Stitching)]

Depends how complex you are doing. If you're modeling a solid object in detail then something like fusion360 is nice (has a learning curve to it). But it wouldn't be my choice for doing a 2D drawing or such.

 

[Nicaburns]

If it is simple, you can do a ton on tinkercad

 

[taskswap]

I use:

- SketchUp for general 3D modeling work like drawing up a shed.

- Fusion360 and Onshape for 3D work destined for 3D printing. They both do the same thing but work in different ways and I learned them at different times so I never fully switched to just one or the other.

- QCad for nearly all 2D work like floor plans and elevations.

- Figma for "quick" 2D work where CAD type tools/accuracy aren't needed, like a Web or mobile app screen layout, laying out furniture on a floor plan, etc. It's great if your goal is "I just want to drop a rectangle the size of my couch into a room to see how much space I have left."

 

[Dschwan]

fusion 360. Tons of you tube videos out there.

 

[flyfisher117]

Depends what I am doing. Though due to work I have access to 3 full cad softwares. Ha

 

[ABCWest]

Fusion or SolidWorks

 

[SloppyJ]

Fusion 360 and AutoCAD

 

[rogerdoger]

I use Sketchup, but a guy we use to do more in-depth work uses Cadworks and it produces really nice models for houses. A lot of the Architects use Revit.

 

[jtn]

I've found Rhino3D to be the most intuitive. But, overkill for 2D patterns.