ISODRAFT — Isometric Drafting

Turns isometric drafting on in an isoplane, or back to orthographic.

• Command: ISODRAFT · Global name: _ISODRAFT · Alias: ISOD
• Ribbon: View › Coordinates
• Menu: Tools

Turns on isometric drafting in one of its three planes, or goes back to orthographic drafting. In isometric mode you draw an axonometric view of an object in a flat drawing: edges run at 30°, 90° and 150°, depending on the plane (left, top or right) you draw in.

Usage

1. Enter ISODRAFT (or ISOD) or click the button.
2. Choose the plane; Enter, the top one.

Enter an option [Orthographic/Left/Top/Right] <Top>:

Options

• Left (L), Top (T) and Right (R): turn on isometric drafting in that plane.
• Orthographic (O): goes back to normal drafting, with horizontal and vertical axes.

With isometric drafting

• Ortho (F8), the grid, snap (F9) and the crosshairs follow the two axes of the current plane.
• F5 or Ctrl+E switch to the next plane (left, top, right); so does ISOPLANE.
• The ISO button on the status bar shows the plane and, with a click, turns the mode on or off.
• ELLIPSE offers the Isocircle option: the ellipse that represents a circle in the current plane, given by its center and its radius or diameter.

Specify radius of isocircle or [Diameter]:

Notes

• The mode is saved in the drawing as in AutoCAD, in the SNAPSTYL and SNAPISOPAIR variables.
• It is an aid for drawing in 2D: it does not create a 3D model.

See also

ISOPLANE · ELLIPSE · ORTHO · SNAP · Object snaps and precision