ENGR 101

Isometric drawing
Isometric drawing examples
Isometric exploded view
 Orthographic Views vs.
Isometric Views
The term orthographic is often reserved specifically for depictions of
objects where the axis or plane of the object is parallel with the
projection plane. In axonometric projection the plane or axis of the
object is always drawn not parallel to the projection plane.

"Axonometric" means "to measure along axes". Axonometric

projection shows an image of an object as viewed from a skew
direction in order to reveal more than one side in the same picture.
Such pictures will look distorted, as it is not how our eyes work.
Despite this limitation, axonometric projection can be useful for
purposes of illustration.

There are three main types of axonometric projection: isometric,

dimetric, and trimetric projection. The term "isometric reflects that
the scale along each axis of the projection is the same. We will
focus solely on isometric axonometric views.
Orthographic Views vs.
Isometric Views
 Isometric Projection
In Isometric projection, the
axes are all 120 from
each other.
Note again that this type of
projection shows an image
of an object as viewed from
a skew direction in order to
reveal more than one side in
the same picture
 Text in Isometric Projection
Text must be slanted
(oblique).

Use Format > Text Style

to create reusable,
isometric text styles: E.g.
Isometric Left.

In addition, the text must

be rotated to align it to the
coordinate axes.
 Dimensions in Isometric Projection
#1) Use Format > Dimension Style to create isometric dimension
styles based on new, isometric text styles.
 Dimensions in Isometric Projection
#2) Apply ALIGNED
DIMENSIONS.

#3) Also, we must apply

Dimension>Oblique to
align dimension and
extension lines.
NOTE: Oblique works with
absolute angles
 Drawing Isometric Views in AutoCAD

In the Snap & Grid

settings, select
Isometric snap
radio button.

Notice that Snap X

spacing and Grid X
spacing are grayed
out
 Drawing Isometric Views in AutoCAD

Notice that the grid

dots are now
located on the
isometric axes, as
is the cursor (left
isoplane shown)

Press F5 to move
the cursor to the
next isoplane
Circles in Isometric projection
 Circles in Isometric projection
In isometric views, circles appear as
ellipses.
AutoCAD offers hidden options for
applying an Isocircle to isometric
projections
In the command line, type ellipse
 Circles in Isometric Projection
Then type
Isocircle to
initiate the
Isocircle
command
 Arcs in Isometric projection
AutoCAD offers another hidden options for
applying an arc to isometric projections
In the command line, type ellipse, then
type arc to initiate the arc command.
You can then create an elliptical arc that it
is a portion of an isocircle
 Circles in Isometric Projection
Identify the
center,
the start,
and the end
of the arc