axo vs. isos

paraline drawings

45 degree architect’s style iso (plan oblique) 90 degree architect’s style iso (plan oblique)

45/45 engineering style CAD axo30/60 engineering style CAD axo

comparision: axos, isos, projections (each diagram represents a cube)

hand-drawn 45-degree plan axo (plan oblique or iso)

A Building Which ExhibitItself, Neiman, 1979

formZ generated 45-degree iso (plan oblique)

typical CAD generated engineering axonometric (135/45)

comparison: typical CAD view vs. an architect’s axo (plan oblique)

projections (90 degree axo)

hand-drawn architect’s 90-degree axo (iso or plan oblique)

formZ generated 90 degree iso (plan oblique)

typical CAD generated engineering axonometric (90/45)

comparison: typical CAD view vs. an architect’s 90-degree iso (projection)

isometric orientation variables

iso orientation A iso orientation B

comparison: same exact iso, but different orientation on sheet

iso orientation A iso orientation B

progressive rotation of iso

iso orientation A iso orientation B

iso orientation A iso orientation B

iso orientation A iso orientation B

comparison showing progressive rotation on sheet