Interesting - nearly the exact same conversation is going on over at the LinkedIn Technical Illutrators forum:

With all these new software available for Technical Illustrating, what do you use and why?

Why not tell the group, so many on the younger members can understand why the pro use them.

Curtis Sayers • Same workflow as Curt. The modo UI was the deciding factor when I was upgrading 3D software from Strata a few years ago.