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Originally Posted by island911
a piece of paper - has GREAT flexibility, and an awesome user experience. ......
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Used to hear the same from naysayers on the HS robotics team I mentored. While they spent weeks sketching, protoyping, and building scale models, I could get the design in 3d full motion cad in a few days.
You also can't shove your paper sketch in a USB port and get a full size plastic printed part.
I am fairly well versed in Solidworks, but no longer have 'free access' as I am no longer mentoring the team.
I have found Onshape & Freecad to be reasonable alternatives for mechanical designs.
And Sketchup for kitchen/home/cabinet design, as there are thousands of cabinets/appliances/furniture already modeled and available for free download.