I think Fusion 360 would be more that anyone would need; I say this after watching James (Clough42) modeling up a bracket for his CNC plasma cutter. Watching him create this file is nothing short of astonishing to a lunkhead like myself.

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Solidworks is great - but quite the learning curve. I've done almost all my basic designs in TinkerCad. Its rudimentary but easy to learn.

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FreeCAD. Looks and acts a lot like Fusion, but is...free.

Solidworks is expensive and WAY more learning curve/capability than most anyone needs. It's one of those programs where if and WHEN you get to the point of needing it, you'll know and you can get it then.

Also, spend the first 2 months just downloading free STL files from Thingiverse and printing random crap, it'll teach you a lot about the capabilities and requirements of your particular machine, and how to do things like orient an object for best adhesion, etc.

The sky is the limit!
 

I got an Ender 3 Pro which is fine for what I'm doing. Printed out brackets for my Aloris quick change tool post tooling. Thingiverse and Printables has 1000's of files to get you started.

Also, if you have a Bin store or Black Friday Amazon returns store, that's a good place to get filament if you don't care about the color. I bought 4 big rolls of PLA for $8 (white). You have to battle the freaks in there though.

It takes a few tries to get the filament base layer to stick, but once you have the bed right, it goes pretty smoothly.

It took 3 hours for one of those brackets though, so it's not like a laser jet. Also, you have to watch it or monitor with a web cam as once the print fails, it just keep spewing out hot filament.

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Got things up and running. Printed up a couple of test benchy.

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We think alike... (I'm not done gluing in parts)

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I went with resin for finer detail and to print practice pieces for airbrushing.

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Awesome!!!!

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My parents each wanted their own after I sent them pics. Dad gets the Chevy PU n mum gets the red P-Car.


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Yeah, I’ve read about that. Resin is the way to go for crazy detail.

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Resin requires ventilation or at least a dedicated room for itself. Do your own due diligence first.

I will dig up some pics, but I have an airbrush booth and vent for the printer.

Good for printing rims for RC cars too!

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Bambu on sale now. Just bought a third P1S. $750 minus the CC discount for microcenter.