Where can questions that are purely about 3D modelling, or CAD, software be asked?

Question

The on-topic page states that CAD, or 3D software, questions can be asked on SE.3DP, only if they have some eventual relevance to 3D printing.

However, if the question is purely about how to draw/design something, without it needing to be printed, where can a user ask these questions, if they are off-topic here? That is to say, where can the user be pointed to? Which Stack Exchange site?

We have had a few of these questions in the past, including:

• How to horizontally align sketches in fusion360?

Answer 1

Possible candidates

After asking about, there seems to be two sites that might be good candidates¹:

• Engineering
  • Tag: CAD
  • Tag: Solidworks
• Graphic Design
  • Tag: 3D

IMHO, SE.Engineering would seem to be the best location, although it probably depends upon the practical application described by the question. That is to say, if the design is for a logo of a company, then SE.GraphicDesign is probably a better fit.

There is a SE.Computer Graphics (tag: 3D) but that would seem to be more for coding and low-level stuff. I would say that SE.Mathematics is definitely a "no".

Blender

Obviously, if the question is about Blender then SE.Blender is a perfect fit. Blender is a special case as it already has a dedicated SE site. They also have a tag for 3d-printing.

External sites

Another alternative is Reddit, for example

• reddit.com/r/Fusion360

However, if and where possible, we really shouldn't be redirecting people away from the "Stack Exchange umbrella".

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¹ As of yet, I have not had any "buy-in" from the mods or members of those sites. TBH, I haven't even contacted them yet.