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Re:Blender 2.79 released by naikrovek on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @04:11PM (#15242131)
Yes. It is a fully capable 3D authoring tool.
Re:Blender 2.79 released by Florin_Andrei on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @05:31PM (#15242907)
Would you use it for your 3D print projects? (assuming you did any 3D printing)
Re:Blender 2.79 released by cr0sh on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @07:28PM (#15243705)
I've personally considered it. If you're more of a visual modeller person, it very well might be ideal.

If you're a programmer, however, consider looking into OpenSCAD or OpenJSCAD:

http://www.openscad.org/

https://openjscad.org/

Not only are they more programmer friendly, but making parametric models should be much easier as a side-effect.

Re:Blender 2.79 released by Doxin on Thursday September 14, 2017 @05:29AM (#15246246)
I do use it for 3d printing projects. It's far from ideal, and doing anything precise in blender means having to learn your way around the various snap tools and the like. But it does work, and work nicely once you learn how to.

That said: you should probably learn some other programs too. Personally I use openscad and solvespace too depending on the use case.