Hey to those out there who 3D print.

Looking at doing some designing myself. What programs do you find to :a)the easiest to use and

b) preferably free

Many thanks

Lately, I've been using Fusion 360 for designing. I have also used Onshape.

I am very much a novice and everything I know about both I've either learned from YouTube or trial and error. But I have been able to get models out of both printed successfully without much trouble.

4 hours ago, Basylle said:

Lately, I've been using Fusion 360 for designing. I have also used Onshape.

I am very much a novice and everything I know about both I've either learned from YouTube or trial and error. But I have been able to get models out of both printed successfully without much trouble.

How are they looking? Are you happy with your results?

Fusion 360 is hard to learn but professional level results,

Tinkcad is basic but very easy to get into

Have been recently pointed at sketchup, looking into it

Sketchup is SUPER easy to use for making inorganic "tech" shapes. It's really hard to use to make something like a person.

10 hours ago, KrisWall said:

Sketchup is SUPER easy to use for making inorganic "tech" shapes. It's really hard to use to make something like a person.

So, what you are saying is if I want to make fuel tanks or storage containers, then Sketchup is the one to go with?

2 hours ago, AussieJedi said:

So, what you are saying is if I want to make fuel tanks or storage containers, then Sketchup is the one to go with?

Would work great for that sort of thing.

is there another one that I could use. I havent got the best graphics card and need something that requires a system with a lesser graphics card.

I have a Intel(R) HD Graphics card

Thanks for the help

Tinkercad. It's very basic but it's web based and will run on just about anything