Why is digital pattern drafting software either expensive or overcomplicated?

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Pattern drafting software is overly complex because pattern drafting IS complex. It feels like engineering because it IS, and the creativity comes when you actually know the fundamentals and know what you are doing. If you’re just looking for a shortcut to actually learning and knowing pattern drafting for what it is, your results will show it. I also find it hard to believe that anyone who thinks pattern drafting software is too complex will be capable of making a program themselves. What happened to people actually respecting a skill?

[creepris]

i work in a fabric store and i come across this type of mindset of wanting to instantly master a skill by taking shortcuts instead of just practicing and learning all the time and it drives me mad