I’ll be honest, here is a grip list for different things.
Corel Draw - SVG export : Not Accurate
TinkerCAD - SVG export : Not Accurate
Onshape - Changed there marketing model after offering different packages to users. Grossly expensive if your working on someone else’s propriety designs. You end up working for Onshape not your self anymore. No Offline version, if they go under when the websites gone so is your work.
AutoCAD - Seems overly complex and the user experience degrades with every upgrade. It has 1 thing going for it, it looks like it will be around.
Anything else made by or acquired by autoCAD may or may not be around down the road. They have a long history of killing off products with very large user bases.
These are just a few thoughts on some of the solutions suggested here. I want to point out there are many different levels of values in choosing software. For me price isn’t a consideration. I know it is for others.
I don’t have a unlimited pool of cash, I just know if I have valid job to do for someone the software is just part of the cost. I’m looking for solid solutions. To me, that can have an online component but I should be able to use it off line. I don’t want to go to a job site and have to drive an hour away to get signal to do my work. I want to be able to move my work to another platform if I need to. I also don’t want to calculate the cost of using a tool into a job and have the rates lifted over night without warning.
One other huge grip I have with online solutions. There is not transparency, nor reporting. They can do real time updates to the software, you probably will never be told about minor bugs that lasted for a few hours. You can’t know what version of the software you are using at any given time - you can only currently reflect on time and date.
You know who is not using any of those online tools? The US military. Why?
If your making drink coasters this doesn’t matter. If you are working on long term projects a year or more it is important.
Thank you