Oh, AutoDesk...you have such a way with words. Honestly, I would rather learn to design in OpenSCAD than send AutoDesk a single penny.
I didn't know that "the future" is a synonym for "program" now
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I've been paying like 10/mo for solidworks.
SolidWorks is cheap for noncommercial and is the only package that I know of that still offers a permanent license for commercial work.
There is also Solid Edge noncommercial if you are doing 3D printing around the house.
It bugs me that I use tinkercad but nothing foss is nearly as friendly to use, and I tried (I think it's librecad the parametric 3d one?) But even though I understand the concept I didn't find any success modeling with it.