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Mac Forum / Country Specific / UK Mac Group / May 2008Graphic design tool for creating isometric views
Hi all, I have been trying without success to use Omnigraffle for this, and Intaglio doesn't do what I want, and I don't think Illustrator or Photoshop can easily do it either, so thought I would ask you all... I have an existing flow diagram (in Omnigraffle) that I would like to modify to show a 3-d projection of this process above another similar process. Imagine two isometrically projected flowcharts, one hovering over the other. I thought I would be able to do this by skewing the objects in Omnigraffle and perhaps making them into 3-d objects. But no. Omnigraffle doesn't do skewing. Does anyone know of a program or technique in one of the above programs that would allow me to 3-d-ify an existing diagram without a huge amount of pain? Thanks, Ian. -- > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > process. Imagine two isometrically projected flowcharts, one hovering > over the other. I'm sure you could do it in Illustrator. I'm not at work, so I can't tell you exactly how - but it might be worth a look now that the 3D filters are part of the program, rather than unreliable KPT filters. Thom > I have been trying without success to use Omnigraffle for this, and > Intaglio doesn't do what I want, (...) Can you detail what exactly you would like to do? I mean, what more than duplicating the first Omnigrafle diagram on two layers (e. g. in Intaglio), selecting all in one single layer, moving it 45° "à la isometric" up to a location where you reasonably see the underlying diagram, etc? (maybe creating some sort of a shadow from the topmost layer to the lower one, to give a sense of depth?) H.  SignatureFrédérique & Hervé Sainct, h.sainct@laposte.net [fr,es,en,it] Frédérique's initial is missing in front of the above address l'initiale de Frédérique manque devant l'adresse email ci-dessus > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > technique in one of the above programs that would allow me to 3-d-ify an > existing diagram without a huge amount of pain? I have a set of teaching notes I prepared, giving a sequence for converting 2D drawings to isometric and oblique, using any graphics package with skew/shear, differential scaling x/y and rotate. The sequence works in Illustrator (used it a few times), if you want I can email you a PDF. Bob W >> Hi all, >> [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Bob W Bob, That's very kind. I'd like to take a look at those notes. The email address above is fine. Thanks, Ian. YGM Bob W > I have an existing flow diagram (in Omnigraffle) that I would like to > modify to show a 3-d projection of this process above another similar > process. Imagine two isometrically projected flowcharts, one hovering > over the other. I'm not quite sure what you're trying to achieve but Illustrator CS3 can produce isometric projections using the 3D Effect (the isometry isn't going to please you if you're a mathematician but it's near enough for jazz). If you have an older version of Illustrator, go to Adobe Studio <http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm> and in the Illustrator section search for "orthographic" or "isometric". You might also try <http://rj-graffix.com/software/plugins.html> Good hunting! SignatureMichael mhphillips at gmail dot com |
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