I’m currently getting by with a mixture of Design Spark Mechanical, FreeCAD, and OpenSCAD for prototyping/editing files, I’d love to find a good alternative that isn’t from a predatory company like Autodesk
I’m currently using OnShape (free edition) and to be honest, I love it. On the rare occasions where I have no clue how achieve something it’s very easy to find too many videos showing the how.
I would like give Fusion 360 a “proper” try but each time I load it up and then look at the limitations, I just get put off.
I’m not sure that even if I had the money I’d pay for OnShape. AutoDesk have great products but I find it very difficult to like them and their view of hobbyists.
I’ve mostly switched from Fusion to Onshape. Fusion does have features Onshape doesn’t have, but most of them are beyond the needs of someome designing models for 3D printing.
Onshape seems to respect their users, and Autodesk treats you like shit. Fusion has all sorts of logic errors that cause it to perform terribly or crash. And it still has all sorts of weird DPI display issues.
So, I corroborate your impressions. I don’t think you have to give Fusion a fair shake, your impression is spot-on.