What program do you use for 3D printing?

programs to do what? to 3d model, to slice?

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I use Fusion 360 for modeling and Cura for slicing

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I appreciate the recs. Will look into these.

I want to build a few simple things and have better quality prints

Skip Tinkercad, it's garbage and creates garbage models. All it will do is teach you bad habits that you will have to unlearn. It's for kids to show them a little about 3d modeling.

Fusion 360 is great for user friendliness and creating parts for lack of a better term. Useful parts maybe? Basically more mechanical objects and not more artsy or character design style modeling. Parts vs Toys is how I normally describe the two. For toys, you want to learn stuff like something free like Blender or 3DS/Maya on the paid side. I've been slowly teaching myself character modeling on Blender since 2017 to make my own VRChat avatars and use in resin prints. There is lots of youtube tutorials to teach you all about the different styles and shortcuts to it. It's worth the time and a skill you can make money in when you get decent at it.

I use Prusa Slicer or Simplify3D based on if I want to use supports or not. Simplify3D has amazing supports. Prusa Slicer 2.3 is getting pretty damn good outside of supports.