Hello People
2D isometric (and is variants) illustration is my favourite type of graphics project.
Some of the regulars may remember last year I worked out how to create basic isometric illustrations using a few scripts I worked out in CorelDRAW along with a relatively simple way of doing parallel extrudes for any given angle and and depth. This was a problem I had been working on for several years on and off.
Whilst the technique worked it did have limitations and was not particularly refined.
Since then someone has produced a tool for CorelDRAW (7 or greater) that is simply brilliant, not only does it encompass all my previous techniques using correct mathematics as its base, it also overcomes some fundamental limitations to basic isometric illustrations.
I have attached an Acrobat PDF to this message to illustrate what I mean.
The mechanical part does not exist (I'm no designer as the drawing shows :-) ) it was created to show what can happen to such a part (hiding important detail) when projected into isometric space and how this tool can overcome it.
The first isometric illustration shows what I was able to achieve using my crude (by comparison) techniques.
The second and third illustrations show what is possible using this new tool, by revealing previously hidden detail.
Now I don't want to be accused of unnecessary advertising so I won't reveal anymore details, however if anyone is interested in this topic or the tool (which is available for download as 'trial' ware) I will be happy to email the details or continue the discussion in this forum.
I just wanted to hi-light why CorelDraw is my favourite illustration software for the kind of work I do, I don't believe there is another illustration package that is capable of achieving these effects at the price.
Peter
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