[juliangmp]

If you want a classical GUI based cad tool for 3D modelling, I'd suggest taking a look at solve space and dune3d

[awinter-py]

thanks for recs, will check them out

[WillAdams]

Dune 3D in particular is the only traditional 3D CAD program I've ever tried where I actually made it through the tutorial without a showstopper (still need to find time to try Moment of Inspiration 3D).