Isometric autocad drawings

How do you shift from one iso plan to another iso plan. How do I get to learn more of the lessons I already paid for?

Tahks, Edwin. And more thanks for i get best idea read this article about this topics. The explanation given about how to make isometric drawing is very useful. The video which you have shared in this article is very nice. It helped me to understand the concept. Keep sharing this type of articles. Thank you for sharing. In laptop to change isometric plan we should press fn f5 in laptop how ever I am using auto cad is there any alternate….

Isometric drawing in AutoCAD, tutorial with video. Isometric drawing in AutoCAD and older versions: At first, you need to change your snap settings to isometric. About the Author: Ibhramim Khwaja. Jogander singh February 4, at pm - Reply.

Arnim Kaushik May 29, at pm - Reply. Ganiyu May 26, at am - Reply. Vishal Kumar April 29, at pm - Reply. Just press F5 while Isodraft is turned on. It will cycle through the isoplanes. Mohd Noor May 21, at am - Reply. How to change plane without using F5? Distances measured along an isometric axis are correct to scale. But because you are drawing in 2D, you cannot expect to extract other 3D distances and areas, display objects from different viewpoints, or remove hidden lines automatically.

Before the advent of CAD, we created isometric drawings with our T-square or drafting arm and our trusty triangle. But you can accomplish the same thing in AutoCAD—if you know how. There are a couple of ways to turn on Isodraft to allow for isometric drawings. Choose any of the Isoplane options to change from orthographic drafting to isometric. The other method is probably the most common. Just click on the Isodraft icon on the Status Bar to toggle it on or off.

Click the small down arrow just to its right to choose your isoplane mode. Whatever method you prefer, a few things will happen when enabled. First, your cursor will change from orthographic to the chosen isoplane. You can set it to left 30 and degree axes , right 30 and 90 degree axes , or top 30 and degree axes. Also, if you have your grid turned on, it will change as well, based on which isoplane is active. Here are a couple of usage tips that you may want to use.

Many users prefer to see the crosshairs in full screen mode; it can help with lining up edges. Actually, it does set the default mode for the next time you enable Isodraft. For explaining this feature I will use a simple isometric cube as shown in the image below.

I have also prepared this video for explaining this tip, but if you prefer the article instead of video then scroll down to for the full article. Now click on dimension marked A from drawing shown above and press enter.

Command line will prompt you to select an angle to align this dimension type 30 and press enter again. Your dimension will now align with the geometry to make it look like isometric dimension. For dimensions B and C you can use the same method with the oblique angle of 30 and respectively.

The dimensions now look correct but when you look closely at dimension text they are still not properly aligned as per drawing. You need to make changes to dimension text also in order to make it look normal. From the command line, select Angle option and type an angle of 30 degrees then press enter. The dimension text will now align with the dimension line. Now click on the face of cube towards dimension C and enter a text height value and rotation angle of 30 degrees in the command line prompts.

Repeat the process of writing text on the face of cube towards dimension B as well, but in this case change angle of text to degrees keeping all other parameters unchanged. Now select text on the face of dimension C then right click and select Properties from the contextual menu.

From the Text panel of properties palette change value of Obliquing to Repeat the process for text on cube facing dimension B but in this case change obliquing value to The final drawing with isometric dimension and text will look like the image shown below. Do you have any questions related to isometric text and dimensions?

Let me know in comments below. I am perplexed watching this tutorial, what you have drawn is wrong, the dimension texts are not in the same plane as the dimension lines to which the texts belong. The texts must be in the same planes where the dimension lines are. This is one of most educative sit i have come across. How can i make my dimension lines parallel with vertical lines of the cub? I need help on this. Hellow Jaiprakash Pandey : i need help, how to make an dimension of isometric view?

Thanks for the tip Pandey. All I can say is that it is ridiculous to have to go through all this to set a dimension that the program should have applied automatically. After doing most of my work in Solidworks, this is a completely lame exercise to go through just to add a dimension.