[willis936]

I very much have this problem. I am uninterested in the art of sketching and constraining. I have spent many hours attempting and am content with the knowledge that I don't have the touch but still sometimes have problems I want to solve with 3D prints. LLMs could offer a solution, but they are bullshit machines and by their nature over promise. Drafting is not a trivial skill that we just wave a wand and magically have it automated. We'll get there eventually, but we're not there.

[andyfilms1]

A little suggestion in case you decide to try again, just don't worry about constraints. If you're making one-off parts for yourself, just sketch what you need and don't worry about trying to make it parametric. Get the part done and move on.

[willis936]

That's what I've done. It's just such a chore. I see what my ME counterparts can do in an hour and it takes me days. I could likely get myself to be a better MCAD designer with discipline, but there's little guarantee it would make me enjoy it. I enjoy ECAD and I'm good at it, so it will always be a fine hobby for me.

[8note]

MEs take at least a course in it, and its a great course to take. you could probably audit it

across MEs, its also the most fun couple classes of the degree, since they build a skill other tha math - visuallizing objects in 2d and 3d at the same time, and guessing whats on the back side of drawings.

it will also inprove your sketches on paper, so they

a different option would be that if you know what you want, but cant be bothered to draw it beyond a sketch, you might actually want a small mill instead of a 3d printer.