To change the type of drawing method on 2D design i double left clicked on the grid tool which is located in the tool bar on the right of the programme. Having grid lock on meant that i could accurately draw lines to the desired length because the cursor snapped from dot to dot on the page.
A window then pops up and to change the type of drawing to isometric, i selected the isometric option in the section grid angle. From this window the style, angle and colour of the lines can all be changed manually.
I then clicked on apply an ok so that my drawing grid changed to isometric.
I then selected the line tool which can be found in the tool bar on the left side of the programme.
Using the line tool and grid lock i drew an isometric box.
To change the properties of the lines i selected them and then left clicked on property, located at the bottom right of the program. A line properties window appeared displaying the dimensions of the line i had selected and the options to edit the style, thickness and colour of the line. I clicked the line button and selected a dotted line from the scroll menu that appeared on the next menu.
I also changed the colour by clicking on the "col ." button and selecting a colour from the menu. I clicked on ok to complete the process.
To select multiple lines i held down shift an left clicked on each one individually. I was then able to change the properties of all the lines i had selected. To change the thickness of the lines i selected the "line" button which can be located along the top bar of the programme. To change the thickness of the line i selected the thick option and changed the width of the line to 1mm.
To change the grid style to orthagonal i double left clicked on the grid tool and selected orthagonal from the grid angle section of the window.
I then drew an orthagonal drawing using the line tool and i changed the style of the line using properties, i did this so that indentations in the object could be identified.
To add dimensions to my orthagonal drawing i first selected the "dim tool" from the tool bar located on the left of the programme.
To add a dimension i left clicked on each end of the line i wanted to measure and then i dragged out the dimension to an appropriate distance away from the drawing.
To change the grid style to oblique i double clicked on the grid tool and selected the oblique option within the grid angle section.
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