Isometric drawings are 3D drawings that are made with vertical lines of 90 degrees and horizontal lines at an angle of 30 degrees. An example of an isometric drawing is shown in Figure 7.40:
As you can see, this drawing looks as though it is 3D even though it has been made on the normal 2D plane in an AutoCAD workspace. We will make this drawing using the isometric feature in the following examples, but before we do, we need to prepare.
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