Any suggestions on software for designing 3d prints?

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Any suggestions on software for designing 3d prints?
I have been using 123d design and it seems good but I want more control. Tried fusion 360 and I am a bit lost ( feel free to suggest tutorials.)
What is everyone else using?
Primarily I want to design stuff for my photography. Flash accessories, brackets, connectors…

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OpenScad might be what your looking for. You should check it out.
http://www.openscad.org

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Well if you are a student you can get a free 3yr term with autodesk inventor. Great 3d sculpting program with tones of great tools, only downside is unless you are a student you have to pay (you can probably fake it tho​:wink::wink::wink:)

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Fusion 360 is good if you take the time to tinker. If you just YouTube the tutorials or get them from the help section you’ll be in good shape.

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Stay with Fusion360. Try the tutorial below. It’s free :slight_smile:

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Also consider on onshape https://www.onshape.com/videos/topic/tutorials

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Freecad. Free and behaves like inventor. If you dont use curves sketchup is perfect.

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Thanks all, a few in here I never heard of! I am watching YouTube and and signed up for Udemys course. Will download and play with the others.

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+1 for http://onshape.com

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I use Solvespace a lot nowadays. It’s not as feature rich as FreeCAD but it has a great constraint solver, it has a simple and consistent interface and it’s light weight. Oh, and I almost forgot it’s open source.

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Thanks! I will check that one out too. So much to do…