I picked up an Ender 3 for a good price and have printed off a few test pieces. There's a ton of cool stuff on Thingiverse, but I'd like to make some of my own designs. My main interest is making industrial themed terrain. A few years ago I designed a few pieces with Solidworks since I had access to it via my previous employer. That's not an option anymore, so taking stock of what I have access to gives me the following options I'm aware of:
Inkscape
Tinkercad
FreeCAD
Blender
Fusion360 (for hobbyists)
I'm in school for a masters degree, so I could possibly get an educational discount on some pro software. I've heard good things about Rhino 3D, so I was thinking about that.
Here's some of what I did a few years ago with Solidworks.
I pieced together a simple platform with Inkscape and Tinkercad to see what the process would be like:
I'd like to be able to create with accuracy, but also freedom to just toss some stuff around as well. Hopefully I can get some feedback here so I can figure out what programs to invest time into learning.
Thanks!