: Software to design an enclosure I need to design the look and feel of a plastic enclosure for a electronic device. It should be in 3D. I tried with 3D software packages like Blender, but

@Yeniel278

I would say you actually want a 3d CAD application like (alphabetical order):


Catia
Creo
Inventor
Solidedge
Solidworks
...


The reason is that these are especially suited to do instructions for manufacturing. Because that's whet the manufacturing crew use. Their base primitive is not a polygons, and thus they are suited to do Boolean operations. Modern CAD applications are both easy to use and intuitive, if you spent a day contemplating one the philosophical idea behind them. These programs often include modes for the manufacturing process so if you want sheetmetal structures they allow you to bend your shape together etc.



Image 1: Demo on how to make a rounded box with side profile in creo.

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@Caterina889

SketchUp is the simplest in terms of starting out with 3D, but will likely not produce the quality you are looking for if photo-realism is important.

Cinema4D is probably the easiest to learn of the professional-grade 3D programs on the market but is rather expensive and still has a learning curve.

If you are not willing to or don't have time to sit down and learn a professional level 3D program, you will be better off contracting the digital work out and focusing on designing the product with sketches or physical sculpting (in foam, clay or some other soft material.)

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@Alves566

Think of it kinda like this: Blender, 3DMax, and Maya are all in similar realms.

Then there's architectural ones like AutoCAD, Rhino, and Modo.

Then there's SketchUp

I'd say if you don't like Blender to try SketchUp or one of the more architectural ones that I named. SketchUp might be sufficient for your needs and its certainly beginner friendly. It might not get detailed and specific enough for you though in which case you might prefer the others.

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