Definetly Sketchup! Go for Version 8 (free), not the new 2013 (some weird shareware with different versions, I didn't really get it..)
I've been using it for about half a year now. You need only a few minutes to get the basics. Then, you can watch some adanced tutorials (many of them are integrated into the program) and get better with it.
You'll need to hack in an STL exporter plugin, but that's just drag & drop.
I think I'm using this one: http://www.guitar-list.com/download-software/convert-sketchup-skp-files-dxf-or-stl
Very simple...
There are some quirks that you'll need to know in order to make clean models with Sketchup 8. Just always view your models with "X-Ray view" in Cura, and you'll see where the problems are. Sketchup sometimes makes 2 (or more) planes on top of each other, you'll just have to delete one of them. But it's easier to just see for yourself in X-ray, it took me only a few minutes.
You could of course just use the "fix horrible" settings in Cura, but I prefer to have clean models (and I always uncheck all the "fix horrible" settings).
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ian 32
sketchup ?? thats really basic and works....
i showed a little 7 year old girl how to design with it in about 15 minutes...
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