I applaud you for creating such tools. They obviously have a place where they fit very well.
As for what you term "hard to learn" tools, well, I'll have to disagree with you on that one. At a professional level tools such as SolidWorks are an absolute necessity, not a luxury. The list of needs is endless, from parametric modeling to assembly management, mechanical, thermal and fluid simulation, interference evaluation, draft analysis, configurations, documentation, sheet metal tools, molding tools, CAM integration, DFM integration, programmability, etc.
Parametric design alone (and table-driven parametrics) is a huge advantage in these tools.
And, as you get into complex assemblies of assemblies with hundreds or thousands of parts and thousands of fasteners things get interesting too.
The same is true of circuit design tools. As an example, once you get into serious high-speed digital design you need tools that can facilitate the design, simulation and layout of complex multi-layer controlled impedance data paths as well as power distribution systems. At the higher end you have to get into field solvers and various SI (signal integrity) type tools. With FPGA's you need tools that, at the very least, make the task of working with devices that have thousands of pins as easy as possible. Bank swapping, for example, is a nightmare without the right tools. Heck, dealing with any IC's with more than, oh, 100 pins per package on a less-than-capable EDA tool is a recipe for disaster. I did a PCB with an FPGA that had over 1100 pins. The design started on a lesser EDA tool because, well, long story, but the client didn't know any better and didn't want to spend the money for a better tool (I use Altium Designer, but there are others). After 16 hours spent defining the pinout and PCB footprint for the FPGA (with verification, etc.) he got the message. The same job on Designer took about 30 minutes tops.
As for simulation run on clusters. Yes, of course. There are services that will take SolidWorks fluid simulations and spread them across multiple nodes for speed. I've fluid/heat-flow simulations that have taken upwards of 18 hours on 64 nodes. Fun stuff.
Like I said above, there's a place for what I will term "entry level tools". This is not intended as a derogatory term at all. That's just what they are in the context of what "pro-level" (another grab for a term) tools can do.
I will definitely keep Tinkercad in mind to recommend to friends with projects that might fit what the sofware can do. I wish you huge success. Get it into schools. Kids need to learn to create this way.
As for what you term "hard to learn" tools, well, I'll have to disagree with you on that one. At a professional level tools such as SolidWorks are an absolute necessity, not a luxury. The list of needs is endless, from parametric modeling to assembly management, mechanical, thermal and fluid simulation, interference evaluation, draft analysis, configurations, documentation, sheet metal tools, molding tools, CAM integration, DFM integration, programmability, etc.
Parametric design alone (and table-driven parametrics) is a huge advantage in these tools.
And, as you get into complex assemblies of assemblies with hundreds or thousands of parts and thousands of fasteners things get interesting too.
The same is true of circuit design tools. As an example, once you get into serious high-speed digital design you need tools that can facilitate the design, simulation and layout of complex multi-layer controlled impedance data paths as well as power distribution systems. At the higher end you have to get into field solvers and various SI (signal integrity) type tools. With FPGA's you need tools that, at the very least, make the task of working with devices that have thousands of pins as easy as possible. Bank swapping, for example, is a nightmare without the right tools. Heck, dealing with any IC's with more than, oh, 100 pins per package on a less-than-capable EDA tool is a recipe for disaster. I did a PCB with an FPGA that had over 1100 pins. The design started on a lesser EDA tool because, well, long story, but the client didn't know any better and didn't want to spend the money for a better tool (I use Altium Designer, but there are others). After 16 hours spent defining the pinout and PCB footprint for the FPGA (with verification, etc.) he got the message. The same job on Designer took about 30 minutes tops.
As for simulation run on clusters. Yes, of course. There are services that will take SolidWorks fluid simulations and spread them across multiple nodes for speed. I've fluid/heat-flow simulations that have taken upwards of 18 hours on 64 nodes. Fun stuff.
Like I said above, there's a place for what I will term "entry level tools". This is not intended as a derogatory term at all. That's just what they are in the context of what "pro-level" (another grab for a term) tools can do.
I will definitely keep Tinkercad in mind to recommend to friends with projects that might fit what the sofware can do. I wish you huge success. Get it into schools. Kids need to learn to create this way.