topic Re: Can I transfer my isometric drawing into 2d top view drawing? in AutoCAD Forum

Can I transfer my isometric drawing into 2d top view drawing?

filips03890 — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 14:49:45 GMT

I'm currently drawing an isometric view of a house interior and i wanted to hatch all the elements but i realized i cant hatch in isometric so I'm wondering if there is a way for me to take the drawing and transfer it to 2d top view so i can hatch it. The drawing is only from one angle so if i switch iso angles the drawing is'nt going to make any sense.

Re: Can I transfer my isometric drawing into 2d top view drawing?

AVCPlugins — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 14:53:30 GMT

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Re: Can I transfer my isometric drawing into 2d top view drawing?

Kent1Cooper — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 15:56:02 GMT

Certainly you can Hatch in isometric. Some patterns you can just use at a rotation of 30° or 150° or whatever angle is appropriate, and of course SOLID doesn't care. Depending on the pattern, you may need custom pattern definitions for them to look as you want. I have some for brick-like patterns [these in 2-to-1 proportion]:

and I imagine there are others out there.

If you "convert" to 2D top view and Hatch things "straight," you will only be able to do floor and parallel-to-the-floor surfaces, and you won't be able to "convert" back to isometric with the Hatch patterns looking right except by actually changing to a 3D viewing angle. But what happens with what were walls in isometric before but aren't seen in 2D top view?

If you do this a lot, custom patterns could well be worth the effort to make them. What kind(s) of pattern(s) do you have in mind?

Re: Can I transfer my isometric drawing into 2d top view drawing?

pendean — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 15:09:06 GMT

@filips03890 wrote:

I'm currently drawing an isometric view of a house interior...

Isometric is 2D drafting at an angle: there is not top, no bottom, no left, no right. It's flat. What you see is all there is.

Your isometric being in CAD does not change that reality. Sorry.

Re: Can I transfer my isometric drawing into 2d top view drawing?

awkward_snipe_nxaw — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 01:28:30 GMT

1 - Go to Layout 1 and create a new viewport

2 - Change the view to isometric.
3 - Set the scale to 1:1 in the created viewport and make sure that the important elements are visible.
4 - Use the exportlayout command and save the new file.
5 - Open the new file, copy the "snapshot" and paste it into the top view.