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Isometric Projections
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What is ISOMETRIC?
• method of producing pictorial view of an
object showing all three faces of the
object simultaneously.

• type of axonometric projection

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Axonometric Projections

• Observer at infinity
• Projectors parallel to each other and perpendicular
to projection plane
• Object is inclined with respect to projection plane
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Types of Axonometric
Projections

Isometric Projection

Dimetric Projection

Trimetric Projection
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Isometric Projections
• All angles between axonometric axes are
equal

• The three coordinate axes of the object

appear equally foreshortened (about 0.81
times of true length)

• The angles between any two of the

three coordinate axes is 120°
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Isometric Terminology
• The three coordinate axes are called
isometric axes

• Any line parallel to isometric axes is called

isometric line

• A non-isometric line is a line not

parallel to any one of the three
isometric axis

• In isometric projection of cube, the faces of

the cube and any plane parallel to them is
called isometric planes
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Isometric Scale
• True lengths of the edges of the object are
equally foreshortened

• Correct isometric projection can be drawn

using an isometric scale (always smaller
than ordinary scale)
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Isometric Drawing
Isometric Projection:
Drawing prepared
with isometric scale on
isometric axes

Isometric Drawing:
Drawing prepared
with ordinary scale
on isometric axes
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Steps:
Step 1
Isometric sketches begin with defining
isometric axes, three lines, one vertical
and two drawn at 30° from the horizontal.
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Step 2
Three lines of the isometric axes represent
the three primary dimensions of the
object: width, height, and length
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Step 3
Draw the font face of the isometric block.
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Step 4
Draw the rest of the isometric block.
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Step 5
Add details to the block starting from the
front face. Then add details to the other
faces.
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Step 6
Darken all visible lines to complete the
isometric sketch. (make sure that
construction lines are light)
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Objects with Normal Surfaces

Make an Isometric Drawing with corner A
at the bottom
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Objects with Normal Surfaces

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Objects with Oblique Surfaces

• Make an Isometric Drawing with corner A
at the bottom
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Objects with Oblique Surfaces

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Objects with Circular Geometry

A circle in a orthographic projection will appear as
an ellipse in an isometric drawing
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Cylinder
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