Sure, it's not Sketchup, and there is a little bit of a steep learning curve at the beginning (it used to be much, much worse).
However, unlike Sketchup, the freaking depth of the software is nothing short of amazing.
That investment you make at the beginning is really, really worth it.
Also: there is literally a ton of tutorials on YouTube to get started with Blender, and it is rather easy to learn the basics nowadays by doing a bit of monkey see monkey do with Blender open on one monitor and the tutorial vid on the other.
Sure, it's not Sketchup, and there is a little bit of a steep learning curve at the beginning (it used to be much, much worse).
However, unlike Sketchup, the freaking depth of the software is nothing short of amazing.
That investment you make at the beginning is really, really worth it.
Also: there is literally a ton of tutorials on YouTube to get started with Blender, and it is rather easy to learn the basics nowadays by doing a bit of monkey see monkey do with Blender open on one monitor and the tutorial vid on the other.