isometrics

[engsamer]

what is the easy way to draw piping isometrics and from where i can download free fitting and valve lab

[Strix]

there are a few different levels that question can be answered on - depending upon your proficiency in AutoCAD...

One would be: in 3D, with viewports, and rotate the UCS (and use the search facility for previous threads to find a 'library' for symbols etc)

[ZenCad1960]

what is the easy way to draw piping isometrics and from where i can download free fitting and valve lab

If you use the snapang setting in the osnap setting, you don't have to rotate a UCS. It is my suggestion you never rotate a UCS. There are times when that is benificial but in general it is not necessary. If you use the isometric snapang as mentioned above, you can then just hit the F5 key to rotate through the different planes.

Just my opinion however.....

Zen

[Hedgehog]

Getting very crossed wires here... one way is to draw it in 2d as an iso (using snapstyl & f5) & another is to draw it in 3d & view it from an isometric viewpoint.

[ZenCad1960]

Either way. Just depends on what you want the final output to be. If it is not going to be rendered the the 2d iso is fine, if you are going to render it then 3d. As mentioned before, it is all about the skill set and needed output!