Isometric Drawings

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• Isometric drawings are a means of drawing an object in picture
form for better clarifying.
• Isometric drawings are tilted at some angle to expose other
views and give the viewer the illusion that he/she is viewing a
three-dimensional drawing, see Figs 1 and 2.

Fig. 1 Isometric axes. Fig. 2 Isometric planes.

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Creating an Isometric Grid

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Isometric Modes
Use F5 button to switch between the isoplane modes

Fig. 3 Isoplane modes

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Creating Isometric Circles
Command: EL (ellipse)
Specify axis endpoint of ellipse or [Arc/Center/Isocircle]: I
Specify center of isocircle: Locate the center of the circle
Specify radius of isocircle or [Diameter]: Input value of the radius

Fig. 4 Matching isometric axes with isometric planes

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Creating Angles in Isometric

Fig. 5 Using Measure Command to construct unknown angles

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Point Style

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Points will appear as an x instead of a dot.

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Command: ME (measure)
Select object to measure: select the inclined line at A
Specify length of segment or [Block]: 1.0
Command: ME (measure)
Select object to measure: select the inclined line at B
Specify length of segment or [Block]: 2.06
Once the points have been placed, the LINE Command is used to draw
a line from one point to other using OSANP-NODE option.

Fig. 6 setting the PDMODE variables Fig. 7 Using OSNAP (Node option)
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Isometric Dimensions

Fig. 8 Using DIMEDIT-Oblique to edit dimensions

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Example

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