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Ive worked pretty much with Cadkey and autoCAD, a little with solid works. AutoCAD and Cadkey are very similiar, although i believe that cadkey is out of business. For 3D modeling of mechanical parts and such solidworks would be my top choice (mostly because its fast and intuitive). Solidworks can do some stress analysis and stuff too with some of the availabel add ons(very cool stuff).
For engineering drawings in both 2 and 3 dimensions autoCAD is very good (i think it's easier too, but that might just be a personal choice). Either one of these programs should be relatively easy to learn just from the manual and the help files, you might need assistance to master it though. As far as price goes, i would never buy any of them, i get to use them through school.
PS- what are your thought on software piracy? :-)
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