AutoCAD used to be the standard, long ago. It's coordinate-driven and uses mostly a command-line interface. Not too n00B-friendly... Inventor is from the same company, a lot better and relatively friendly.
Catia is the ultimate CAD software, but costs.... millions. You only really need it if you're designing a Boeing or military aircraft :-)
Pro/Engineer is.... very engineer-like. I think it used to be UNIX-based. Ver ytechnical.
SolidWorks is BY FAR the most intuitive to use, imho the best complete package. I'm quite sure it's what a large part of 'the industry' uses nowadays. Its tutorial is also the bees knees BTW. You'll like this one.
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