Isometrie-Tutorial Adobe Illustrator

Drawing 3D Objects in Adobe Illustrator 11 Drawing 3D Objects in Adobe IllustratorThis Tutorial will show you how to draw simple objectswith a three-dimensional appearance. At first we willdraw arrows indicating a movement in 3D space. AdobeIllustrator 7.0 was used to create the following graphics,but all procedures are valid for newer versions (up toCS2), too.In the first section you‘ll find some basic informationabout isometric views (a special kind of drawing, which isalmost a standard for technical illustration)The second section describes the steps necessary tocreate the corresponding drawings using Adobe Illustra-tor.And now... have fun and create great graphics :-)Bernd Meissnere-mail: info@meissner-dokuteam.deP.S.: English is not my native language, so any correctionsare welcome...© 2003 Bernd Meissner • www.meissner-dokuteam.de 1 1 Drawing 3D Objects in Adobe Illustrator1.1 Basics of Isometric Projection+90°Z120° 120°90° 90°0°–180°90°0° 0°XY–150° -30°120°–90°2 © 2003 Bernd Meissner • www.meissner-dokuteam.de Drawing 3D Objects in Adobe Illustrator 1Isometric projections are a two-dimensional drawing ofthree-dimensional objects, created by a parallelprojection. Objects look like having a volume, withoutactually having one.The main characteristics of an isometric projection are: ◗ there is no vanishing point◗ lines that are parallel in reality will be parallel in thedrawing◗ same lenghts in reality ...