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EEE 113 -- Engineering Graphics

Lab #5 - Pictorial Drawing Using AutoCAD

Isometric, dimetric, trimetric, and oblique drawings are two-dimensional representations of three-
dimensional objects, whether created with AutoCAD or otherwise. Pictorial drawing was
invented before the existence of CAD and therefore was intended to simulate a 3D object on a
2D plane (plane of the paper). In this exercise isometric drawings are drawn using AutoCAD.

AutoCAD provides the capability to construct isometric drawings. An isometric SNAP and an
isometric GRID are available, as well as a utility for creation of isometrically correct ellipses.
Isometric lines are created with the Line command. The isometric SNAP and GRID can be used
to force lines to an isometric orientation.

Using Ctrl+E toggles the cursor to one of three possible Isoplanes (the three faces of the
isometric pictorial). If ORTHO is ON, only isometric lines can be drawn; that is, you can only
draw lines aligned with the coordinate axes. Inclined and oblique lines can only be drawn when
ORTHO is OFF. Isometric ellipses can be drawn using the Isocircle option of the Ellipse
command from the draw menu.

Exercise:

Given the top and front views, create an isometric drawing.

1. Start by opening a new file.


2. In the Select Template manager, left-mouse-click on the triangular button to the right of
the Open button, and select Open with no Template – Imperial.

3. Set the default units to inches.

4. In the Pull Down menus, select


[Tools] => [Drafting Settings].

5. In the Drafting Settings dialog box, turn on the Snap and Grid, set the Snap Y spacing
and the Grid Y spacing to 0.25, and set the Snap Style to Isometric Style Snap.

6. Click on the Polar Tracking tab. Turn on Polar Tracking, and change Increment Angle to
30°.
7. Click OK to close the dialog box. Notice the orientation of the grid points has changed to
isometric. The appearance of the cursor also has changed to make it easy to create
entities in the frontal, top, and profile planes.

8. With ORTHO tab on, create an isometric box using the Line command. Use the given
overall dimensions of the object. Use Crtl+E to set the appropriate isoplane. Relative
polar coordinates can be used to locate corners of the rectangular block.

9. Add the lines defining the lower surface. Define the needed edge of the upper surface as
shown. Watch the Coords display (in a relative polar format) to give the current lengths
as you draw.
10. Draw the inclined edges of the inclined surface with ORTHO off. Trim or Erase
unnecessary lines.

11. Draw the slot by constructing an Ellipse with the Isocircle option. Draw the two lines
connecting the circle to the right edge. Trim unwanted part of the ellipse.

12. Copy the lines and the arc of the ellipse down to the bottom surface. Add two vertical
lines at the end of the slot. Trim the lines along the right edge at the opening of the slot.

13. Add the two holes on the top plane with Ellipse, Isocircle option.

14. Add the notch at the left, bottom edge of the block.
15. Save the drawing as a:lab6-a.dwg.

Assignment:
Given the front and top views, create an AutoCAD isometric of the object. Save the drawing as
a:lab6-b.dwg.

Note that all dimensions are in mm.

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