by mikeschn » Sat May 14, 2011 6:14 am
Newbies have a lot of success with Google Sketchup. And it's free.
And while it's really good at solid modeling, it doesn't make drawings. But if it's just for you, it should be plenty!
Mike...
P.S. They also have a program called Layout, but I don't know anything about it.
The quality is remembered long after the price is forgotten, so build your teardrop with the best materials...