I have long had problems with delivery times from one of my main
suppliers. I have now decided that, with a complete rethink of the
designs, I could make my products by 3D printing. However, that means I
need to produce suitable files from a 3D drawing programme. Hence, I am
looking for recommendations for a 3D drawing programme that meets my needs:

I need to produce 3D files that can be exported for use in a 3D printer.
I am considering the Ultimaker 2 or, if I decide that three colour
printing is useful enough to justify the extra cost, the CubePro Trio:

https://ultimaker.com/en/products/ul...-2-plus#volume
http://www.3dsystems.com/shop/cubepro/techspecs

I also need to be able to produce professional looking 2D dimensioned
drawings, which will form part of the product data sheets supplied to
customers.

I don't want a huge learning curve. The last CAD programme I bought was
Autosketch 2, which I continued with long after it had been superseded,
because it was so intuitive.

I would prefer not to have to spend more than a few hundred pounds for
the programme and/or a couple of hundred pounds a year for a licence.


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Colin Bignell