BGD Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Hi, Is there a way to make 45 degree axonometric projection of a drawing? Predefined right & left isometric drawings are 120 degree. Thanks Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee bgoff Posted October 12, 2020 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted October 12, 2020 Use the flyover tool to set the view you would like. You can also save that view to use later. Quote Link to comment
Jeff Prince Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 @BGD have you tried Cavalier 45 projection? What exactly are you trying to accomplish? Quote Link to comment
BGD Posted October 13, 2020 Author Share Posted October 13, 2020 @jeff prince basically I need scaled orthogonal drawing that has ground line of wall & floor @ 90 degrees and ground line of floor and wall height @ 45 degrees. So for eg in the file lets say red is the wall & green is the ground. I have tried to make Wall floor line and floor ground line as 90 degree, but the the angle betweeen wall ht & floor line is almost 70 degree. axo 45.vwx Quote Link to comment
Jeff Prince Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 @BGD I could be wrong, but I don't think Vectorworks projection system will allow you to make such a drawing. It sounds like you want Military Oblique Projection. You could fake it if that perfect 90/45 degree relationship is not required. 2 Quote Link to comment
zoomer Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 In Architecture Studies I totally misunderstood Isometrics 90°/45°/45° because I thought and I still think that makes no sense - you can't recognize anything. So I developed my 90°/30!/60° fake Cavalier/Trimetric Isometric. And professors told me to do wrong. Still, the first thing I always do when switching into a standard Isometric View is to rotate it slightly so that I am able to recognize my Geometry. Because it looks so awful for square Columns, Walls and Rooms if it is 90/45/45. (Asked here for an Option to rotate ISO a bit out of 45/45 many years ago) Would love to have some non-standard View Options. 1 Quote Link to comment
BGD Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share Posted October 16, 2020 @jeff prince You completely right. Maybe the term I am using is wrong. Yes it is the military oblique I am after @zoomer Thats so true that this projection looks awful practically. But I suppose the educational courses go for 90/45/45 look because it is easiest to draw by hand and the idea is to teach how to go about drawing these projections by hand. So, have you nailed this projection in VW (i mean 90/45/45)? How do you go about it? I have tried my best and looks quite close but still not perfect. Thanks both Quote Link to comment
Jeff Prince Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 @BGD Are you doing this for class? If not, what is the purpose? Quote Link to comment
BGD Posted April 20, 2021 Author Share Posted April 20, 2021 Hi, Sorry for late reply. Yes, this is for a academic course which has strict guidelines. So have to follow that... Quote Link to comment
Jeff Prince Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 @BGD Makes sense. This is a typical right of passage in architecture school, the creation of pseudo perspective drawings with no foreshortening. It's easier to teach people how to go from plan to perspective this way. The real fun starts when you manually layout 3 point perspectives. Professors probably don't want you drawing in CAD so you can learn the value of walking uphill, thru the snow, both ways 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment
BGD Posted April 21, 2021 Author Share Posted April 21, 2021 Thats exactly what it is for. And I tried to do manually for something simpler and it is amazing how a 2D shape can be converted into 3D by following simple steps. Quote Link to comment
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.