What software are you running for your designs

[cropwell]

My software budget is close to zero, so I have been trying out various free packages.

First of all I have to state that my current interest is 3D printing:-

SketchUp - Okay for banging out a quick design, but very rectilinear and hard edged. Nothing is organic or flowing. When they went cloud based, I went elsewhere.

conFusion360 - I don't like as it is cloud based and need internet access. As your designs are in the cloud, you could have the plug pulled on you and lose all your work. Also, this afternoon, I have been trying to export some designs to pick them up in my current software and ended up just redrawing in Solid Edge. (see below).

FreeCad - I can't remember why I dropped this, apart from the fact it was buggy and feature poor.

Solid Edge - my current software - hard to learn for an old sod like me, It is one of those programs that uses the mouse a lot and what it does changes depending on where you are and what you are doing. I am getting into it though.

I use Simplify3D as a slicer, and I like it better than MakerBot (which also went cloud-based, I think).

For CNC router work I have used LibreCAD, and EstilCam to generate Gcode, but as my machine has been waiting 2 years due to an office revamp, that may be subject to review when I switch on again.