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Some of the Mechanical Engineers working with me use SolidWorks for modelling and analysis. The price refers more to the fluid analysis side for engineering application rather than modelling for hobbies. Overkill IMHO. :-)
I want to start using Lightwave for 3D modelling, VERY impressive...!

I defnitely agree. I use IronCAD coupled with AutoCAD to do a very accurate blueprint of whatever I'm designing. I pull some views off of an IronCAD 3D model and scale them in AutoCAD. From here I sort out the layers/parts and then print them out. The printouts are VERY accurate.