- We starting another drawing
for this particular chapter
where we're looking at other drafting tools.
The drawing is called isometric.dwg.
Now, when you open up the drawing in the model tab
you can see that we are on the objects layer here.
So on the flyer make sure you select the word objects,
so that you're drawing on the same layer
as the existing lines in the drawing.
Now, what we've got is an unfinished
isometric view of a rectangular shape.
And as I mentioned, isometric views provide a sort of
2D representation of a 3D object.
And the two angles that you use are
60 degrees and 30 degrees.
So you can see here, we've got a 30 degree angle
from the horizontal with this line here, for example.
And then as you look here
we've got another 30 degrees coming off of the horizontal
going in the opposite direction.
That then forms a nice right angle there on the corner.
So what we going to do,
we going to complete this rectangular shape
using a really cool feature on the status bar.
And it's this one here with the little green
and red lines it's called isometric drafting or ISO draft.
If I click there, like so
that switches it on and you'll see the cross hair changes
to represent the settings that I can use.
Now, the good thing is
I can flick between Isoplane Left,
Isoplane Top, Isoplane Right.
So if I now go to Isoplane Top,
like so and draw some lines.
My lines will tie in with some of the lines
that are already here.
So I go to the line command on the draw panel,
like so come into the drawing area.
And if I snap there to that end point
can you see it automatically puts me on a 30 degree line.
So as I come along there like that
I can drag along and the distance I need
in that box is going to be 1000.
And then enter to finish.
And then as I come down this way, can you see, again
it locks in at that 30 degrees
utilizing the 30 degrees, 60 degree isometric.
Click there on the Endpoint snap hence to finish.
So there's our top face of
our isometric view in our isometric drawing.
Now I can utilize again, some other tools.
So I click on the flyer again here
and I go for Isoplane Left, like so.
And again, line command.
And I click there like that.
And can you see I'm coming down vertically like so.
And as I come down
I can come down that way, but I can also hover here.
And would you believe it?
It actually works with the object snap tracking as well.
Isn't that clever?
So I can left click there.
And I know that that intersection represents that corner.
Come to this Endpoint snap here,
left click there, enter to finish.
I now have an isometric view of a 3D rectangular solid.
It is only a 2D representation
made up of isometric lines, as you can see.
And when you're done with your ISO draft, just make sure
that you click on it on the status bar to turn it off again.
Otherwise your lines will start coming out
at some really weird angles.
But that's how quick and easy it is
to isometric draft in AutoCAD.