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Isometric Drawing, Still Image Representation

Objectives

• Show spatial depth, project movement in space.
• Show activity in the process of happening.
• Show shadows, how light goes through the building.
• Site relationship to the context, what is happening in the background, which other buildings are present, how it relates to the street.

Prerequisites

• Set up Rhino layers
  • • Set up ten different linework types

      • CUT -  Heaviest lines. refers to structure and main wall being cut at about 4ft from finished ground level

      • SPATIAL  - Medium lines. linework geometry beyond the cut plane reflecting a spatial edge

      • SURFACE  - Light lines. (optional) division between co-planar geometries - for example joints on floor finishes

      • GLAZING  - Medium lines. cut line corresponding to transparent glazing

      • FURNITURE - Light lines. projected geometries of furniture below cut plane

      • PEOPLE - Light lines. projected geometries of occupants below cut plane

      • VEGETATION - Light lines. flora below cut plane

      • BELOW - Lightest lines. very light lines reflecting background context geometries beyond cut plane.

      • ABOVE - Light, dashed lines. dashed lines corresponding to significant geometries above

      • HATCH - Variable lines depending on hatch type. layer to host hatch geometries

Prepare the linework (25min)

• Cut the plan where you will draw the section and rotate
• Add the cut line then add the following lines
• 1m below the line for the second linewidth (spatial)
• 3m below that second line, add a third line for the third linewidth (surface), below that will be everything that remains in the lightest color, maybe furniture layer
• About 3m above the cut line add two lines which generate the height of each floor, from floor below to floor above

• Once these are added, start reporting all of the lines of the objects which intersect the cut plane
• Produce one line from the deepest part of the plan and copy along the cut line axis to go faster
• Reproduce process for the different floors for which you have a plan
• Lock the layer of these lines

Drawing vertical lines (15min)

• Do all plans at once in this fashion
• Start drawing the lines from floor to ceiling (spatial layer)
• Add the cut lines
• Add the surface lines

Drawing horizontal lines (35min)

• Add horizontal lines of handrails (create a block first)
• Add doorways and windows (create a block first)
• Add block furniture
• Add stairs
• Add hatches

Updating particular spaces (100min)

• Assemble all individual sections together (30min)
• Refine differences between floors, atrium and public spaces (70min)
• Create the cut outline of the empty space
• Put everything in it as light background
• Add a thin hatch to differentiate the zone from the others