Part One Objective: Draw an orthographic views of an object constructed of Lego blocks using the Glass Box Theory. That includes front, top, bottom, left, right and back views.
Step One: Draw the orthographic views on graphed paper accurately aligning each view
Challenge - making sure that sizing is correct and pieces are properly aligned.
Step Two: Draw the orthographic views digitally in Illustrator recreating the analog technical illustration.
Creating a grid in Illustrator:
In Preferences: Guides & Grid... Grid Color: Magenta; Style: Lines; Gridline every: 1 in; Subdivisions: 4; Grids in Back; Show Pixel Grid (above 600% zoom); click OK
Under View: Show Grid; Snap to Grid; Snap to Point
Ones I had all the views on paper it was much easier to transfer them to the computer.
Challenge: to figure out if I should make the drawings the same size as the ones on paper and if my grid is the same size both digitally and analog. Ones I figured out the sizing it was just a matter of redrawing all the views on the computer.
Part Two Objective: From the orthographic views create an isometric technical drawing in Adobe Illustrator.
Step One: Create an isometric grid in Illustrator
Step Two: Using the pen tool create the object, piece by piece. Outlines for each piece are in black, 1 pt. Outline of the entire object 2pt.
This was much harder than anticipated because I had to take the orthographic views and put them in isometric perspective, but that did not work. Next I followed the sizing from the orthographic views and recreated the object in isometric perspective following the 30 degree angle of the grid.
