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Isometric Drawing in AutoCAD

September 8, 2009 by Edwin Prakoso 7 Comments

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If you work in plant industry, then you might need to draw isometric drawings. If you use AutoCAD, you may wish you can do it easily. You can.

It’s not a 3D drawing, but 2D drawing by simply change your drawing orientation. You can do it by using snap, then change it’s style to isometric.

Command: SNAP
Specify snap spacing or [ON/OFF/Aspect/Style/Type] <10.0000>: S
Enter snap grid style [Standard/Isometric] <S>: I
Specify vertical spacing <10.0000>:

You can change your plane by typing ISOPLANE [enter] then select left, top, right.

In AutoCAD 2015

In newer AutoCAD version, we have ISODRAFT option. If you use AutoCAD 2015, you can access the option in drafting settings, AutoCAD status bar.

autocad_isodraft

This will help you to quickly switch to isometric drafting mode, the icons really help!

About Edwin Prakoso

I work as a Sr. Consultant in PT Cipta Satria Informatika. I've been using AutoCAD since R14 and Revit since Revit Building 9. I occasionally write for AUGIWorld magazine and I am also active in Autodesk discussion forum. I'm a member of Autodesk Expert Elite, an appreciation for individuals who give contributions to the Autodesk community.
Connect with me on twitter or LinkedIn.

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Jay Vee
Jay Vee
9 years ago

Is it possible to receive your comments on FB?

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Edwin Prakoso
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9 years ago

Are you referring to Facebook comments? We don’t use it for this site.

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alberto
alberto
10 years ago

Hello everybody to complement this tutorial I share you a useful video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ7krm4GjSk

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Antonio Ludovico
Antonio Ludovico
10 years ago

Thanks Edwin for the isometric tip, is there a way that the text can be on iso mode as well as I do remember that it can be done, how do you do it for text, dimension and notes too!

Regards,
Tony

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Edwin Prakoso
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Reply to  Antonio Ludovico
10 years ago

Hi Antonio,

You can read about isometric text and dimension here: https://www.cad-notes.com/autocad-isometric-text-and-dimension/

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Jonathan S
Jonathan S
11 years ago

In Autocad 2013 you can easily type "ISO+Enter" in the command line and the snap turn to Isometric, type "STD+Enter" and the snap go back to standard snap.

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Jones QD
Jones QD
12 years ago

Alternatively, you can use the SNAPSTYL command, changing the variable value to 1.
As said, you can change your plane by typing ISOPLANE, but it can be done faster by pressing "F5" key.
To came back to the default, use the SNAPSTYL command again and change the variable value to 0.

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