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Re:My wife recently passed away. I used my time off to build... by contingencies on Thursday October 01, 2020 @08:40AM (#24650201)
I use an old copy of Sketchup (the offline version) and it does me.

Blender and FreeCAD are both good open source options. You can also alternatively draw an SVG in Inkscape, import in to one or the other, then 3D extrude it.

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Re:My wife recently passed away. I used my time off to build... by TheAdamAndChe on Thursday October 01, 2020 @09:11AM (#24650429)
For those who have never used these tools, they are very good but have an _extremely_ steep learning curve. If you just want to make stuff but see this software as a roadblock, you can still accomplish a lot with good old pen-and-paper.
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Re:My wife recently passed away. I used my time off to build... by themodelplumber on Thursday October 01, 2020 @01:59PM (#24654108)
100%. You can even learn to render in 3D well enough with pen and paper. Sometimes with simple maker projects you can even start with a loose 3D render and do the rest in your head.

https://youtu.be/oJ7WHuvdsjI

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Re:My wife recently passed away. I used my time off to build... by jki275 on Thursday October 01, 2020 @05:52PM (#24656521)
Sketchup is so much easier to use than blender though. Amazingly easy.
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