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Originally Posted by stinglikeabee
Blender is a very powerful tool and learning to use it now will help using it in the future. Having more software experience can be very beneficial when the programs available outside of FIRST often are limited due to cost. The more you understand about the integration of various modeling programs (Inventer, SolidWorks, Maya, 3DS, Blender, Sketchup etc.), the more you will understand about working with different native data types.
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While I agree that Blender is a great tool (I use it myself for animation), I would advise against using it for part design. If you want a more modeling oriented approach, by that I mean building with shapes instead of with parameters, Rhinoceros seems like the best choice. However, I don't know about pricing or educational licenses for Rhino.