Lesson 11 Isometric Drawing

SpaceCAD LESSON 11. Isometric Drawing: Shuttle Foot Restraint Platform.
	Astronaut Rhea Seddon "sits" down to a meal in the middeck. She anchors herself in place by using the foot restraints on the floor. Photo source: NASA, not copyrighted. Click on picture for larger view.

In this lesson you will use these CAD commands:

Line

Arc (Sp,Ep,Mid)

Mirror X

Copy

This project introduces isometric drawings. An isometric drawing is a pictorial view of a three-dimensional object. There are usually three isoplanes in an isometric drawing: top, right, and left. These isoplanes are created by angles which are 30 degrees from the horizontal.

Here are the angles you will need to complete an isometric drawing:

Here's the isometric drawing you will be creating for this project:

To see the original NASA technical drawing on which this project is based, click here

Click here to start this lesson:

Step 1: Drawing setup

Step 2: Drawing the foot restraint platform top surface

Step 3: Drawing the isometric surface

Step 4: Drawing the legs

Step 5: Drawing the feet

Astronaut Rhea Seddon "sits" down to a meal in the middeck. She anchors herself in place by using the foot restraints on the floor. Photo source: NASA, not copyrighted. Click on picture for larger view.