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3d printing is fine. It's the designing which is a PITA. On the other hand, kiCAD is thriving so that's one thing a maker doesn't need to worry about
True, but 3d printing get's boring real fast when a person can't design their own custom models. -I tend to forget that kiCAD even qualifies as CAD but I also never got far enough into the hobby of electrical engineering to design my own PCB's, so that's my fault for leaving it out.
C and D are computer and design so it's a very wide field.