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Do I need to learn a 3D modeling software?
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I was recently roughly in the same place. I have played around in the past with a few things, but there were reasons I didn't really get into any of them: Fusion360 and their increasingly limited free options, OnShape and their online only thing... so on...
FreeCad has a new release candidate for what they're calling version 1.0, meaning they consider it a mature and functional piece of software. I've been working with it, and yeah... it's not perfect, but it's definitely usable now. I figured if I was going to put all that effort into learning something, I might as well learn something that would always be free.