Isometric Hexagon Autocad
Posted : admin On 8/16/2019In this article, I will tell you about making isometric dimension and text in an isometric drawing. 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.
Making Isometric Dimensions:
Make aligned dimensions A, B and C on the geometry as shown in drawing A above using DIMALIGNED command.
Now type DIMEDIT on the command line and press enter, select oblique from the command line as shown in the image below.
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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 -30 respectively. Java complete tutorial pdf. Your final drawing will look like this after using DIMEDIT on all three dimensions.
Autocad Isometric Tutorial
Making Isometric Dimension Text:
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.
- The hexagon is first drawn as a plana figure and a simple shape, in this case a rectangle, is drawn around the hexagon. The rectangle is easily drawn in tsometnc and the positions of the corners of the hexagon can be transferred from the plane figure to the isometric drawing with a pair of dividers.
- AutoCAD has a command called ISOPLANE which allows you to easily draw at a 30 degree angle as needed for an isometric drawing. You can switch between the three 'isoplanes' (top, right, left) by using this command or by pressing the F5 key. Command: ISOPLANE.
Type DIMTEDIT on the command line and press enter then click on the dimension which you want to edit, I am selecting dimension C for this case.
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. For dimensions, A and B use an angle of 30 and -30 degrees respectively in DIMTEDIT command.
Making Isometric Text:
To write text on the isometric cube type TEXT on the command line and press Enter. 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.
Type any text and press enter twice to exit the TEXT command, I am using “Text” as the sample text on the isometric cube.
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 -30 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 30.
Repeat the process for text on cube facing dimension B but in this case change obliquing value to -30. The final drawing with isometric dimension and text will look like the image shown below.
Isometric Plumbing Drawing Autocad
Do you have any questions related to isometric text and dimensions? Let me know in comments below.
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