I'm having trouble getting any kind of isometric shapes set up in Illustrator. I've tried several guides and turning snapping on and off yet I still can't get shapes I create to line up at the points, and the lines to meet and not overlap. Does anyone have experience with this?
When I manage to line up the other anchor points, this happens at the last one.
>>249713
enable smart guides and follow this
>http://design.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-create-pixel-perfect-artwork-using-adobe-illustrator--cms-23907
other way would be doing things flat and then use extrude bevel to rotate the shapes around (not sure if people use this but it's way easier since you can save the filter config and apply to multiple shapes or groups)
nigga, just make like an isometric grid.
heres how
PT1:
make a rectangular artboard
add vertical strokes to both ends
object -> blend -> make
object -> blend -> blend options:
- spacing: specified steps [50 or something]
ok
select that shit -> right click -> transform -> shear -> 30deg -> ok
ctrl + c -> ctrl + f -> transform -> reflect
>>249749
i forgot, after 4th step: object -> expand -> ok
PT2:
select all that shit and rotate 90 deg
view -> guides -> make guides
carefully draw vertical line on the left side from one vertical intersection to another
holding alt move it exactly one intersection horizontally so it snaps (pic related)
hold ctrl+d until artboard is filled with vertical lines from one end to another
select all the vertical lines, scale them vertically holding alt until they snap at the top and bottom edges of the artboard
view -> guides -> make guides
>>249750
PT3:
YOU GOT YOURSELF AN ISOMETRIC GRID NIGGA
keep those guides in a separate, locked layer
now you can draw whatever you want in isometric projection and everything should snap alright
whenever you need use ctrl + y and zoom to check if everything has snapped to the grid nicely
>>249751
PT4:
to include flat drawing faces follow that image you have >>249712 and scale and align them with the grid
!! BUT height percentage must be 86.602% no 86.062% which is probably why you had those alignment issues in the first place
>>249712
Im really new to graphic design and would like to ask you where you found this image and if you had anymore like it.
>>249759
Well, shit, that was quite helpful. Not the OP, but thank you.
>>249827
>>249897
here's an example where i fairly recently did a logomark construction in an isometric grid. this shit is useful.
