ROFLMAO I am with you. I use easycad
OK - I’ve been resisting stepping into this discussion but I may have something worth adding.
When you are new to a design application (regardless of which one) the tendency is to let your design be driven by the features of the app that you are familiar and comfortable with. The frustration people experience when they are new to the process is their mental design concept is more complete than they can capture in the computer, so what’s the point? And if they are hoping the computer will save them from dimensional errors, they need to build the model correctly in the unfamiliar app. It can be self defeating.
I say this from the context of teaching design using both Sketchup and Fusion360 in classes of 5th to 9th grade students.
So I’m talking about people with very basic relationships with math.
Here’s my take away - if you want any easy learning curve go with Sketchup.
I had 5th graders creating parts of their own design - not cookie cutter tutorial stuff - ready to 3D print. In later years I introduced them to making dimensionally correct designs suitable for a woodworking situation. They built everything from furniture to an above ground koi pond from these designs.
I wouldn’t call Sketchup “intuitive”, especially if you have some experience with other CAD environments. That said, if you learn it’s quirks and keyboard shortcuts it easily gets you where you need to be.
I really like Fusion360. The learning curve is steeper, and longer, but there are some great resources available. If you have experience with other CAD applications and/or a friendly relationship with geometry it may be an easier transition than Sketchup. A bonus is the parametrics allow you to define your design in terms of a few critical dimensions and it will adjust to fit. You are not required to work in parametrics but it can be useful.
A practical example is a plywood work table design I converted to Fusion360. I could input L,W,H, material thickness, leg width and space between the lower shelf and bottom of the apron. We used that to make work tables for study areas, printer stands for 3D printers, assembly/out feed table for the shop, miter saw station, the list goes on. All from one design. Just plug in the parameters and it gives you a design with all the components specified.
Finally- now that I am retired I’ve drifted back to designing freehand with a pencil and paper. I have a stack of paper next to my favorite chair and when an idea bubbles up in my noggin I sketch it. It evolves to a point where I think I know what I’m going to do and I go build it. For me that’s intuitive.