FreeCAD

FreeCAD is a bit tricky to learn. However, once you start to overcome the challenge of the less than intuitive setup, you'll find the software is really not that bad.

Mostly I use it to create solid models for 3D printing. I export an STL file from FreeCAD and this works great.

Personally, I'll continue to invest the time and effort to try and learn to use FreeCAD because the bit that I have accomplished so far indicates this may be a very powerful program.

I will agree with the other comment, the shortcomings are a pain, but YouTube videos and some serious effort to experiment will get you off the starting line.

Took a while to grasp the full scope of the program. Now all I can say is WOW!

The capability of FreeCAD is already very good. I use it at home and at work for 3D modelling, usually to create STL files for our 3D printers. For this task I love it.

I have convinced several colleagues to try it, and they are equally impressed. We have a few seats of Solid Works at the office, but with FreeCAD we now can have additional solid modelling capability without added cost (of course there is the learning curve factor, but as more guys in the office are using it, we are getting better and better).

The team developing FreeCAD should be commended for the awesome job so far. This is really a great software and I look forward to seeing it mature. I love it.

It definitely has its own of doing things and will take you time to get used to its ways but after say 6 months, it is on par with the paid proprietary softwares.

it's free and lets me use my 3D printer

Figuring out which tools are where is a huge pain, but the tools themselves are fairly intuitive and most importantly very predictable. It can be a bit inflexible when it comes to selecting things with the mouse. This is a disadvantage in that it makes it unintuitive at times, but at the same time avoids the finicky mouse positioning some programs have.

Amazingly capable program, and open source makes it a winner