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Technical Illustrations Workspace in Adobe Illustrator

Posted: Wed May 14, 2014 10:19 am
by Rahul KULKARNI
Is there any effective way to utilize the workspace in Adobe Illustrator, such that we need the only necessary tools to create illustrations.
I need to create line-art illustrations as attached.

I am new to Adobe Illustrator, since I used Tech-Illustrator, IsoDRAW, CATIA and 3Dvia in my previous company.

Regards,
Rahul KULKARNI

Re: Technical Illustrations Workspace in Adobe Illustrator

Posted: Fri May 16, 2014 3:15 pm
by JamesProvost
This is my workspace - lots of panels, mostly plug-ins by Astute Graphics.
  • Protractor allows me to quickly set constrain angles, handy for isometric/axonometric drawing.
  • PathScribe and InkScribe are advanced path creation/manipulation tool sets.
  • Dynamic Shapes creates precise, flexible, adjustable primitive shapes.
  • Dynamic Corners rounds/miters sharp corners
  • Stylism allows dynamic control of effects like transform, free transform, offset, feather, etc.
  • Appearance palette, a must for applying thick/thin stroke styles to groups, stacking effects, etc.
  • Stroke palette, fully expanded

Re: Technical Illustrations Workspace in Adobe Illustrator

Posted: Fri May 16, 2014 7:49 pm
by jhatch
James,

This is so cool to see your work space!

Re: Technical Illustrations Workspace in Adobe Illustrator

Posted: Sat May 17, 2014 1:12 pm
by Rahul KULKARNI
Thanks so much James for the sharing the ergonomic workspace. I modelled mine the same way :D
I am gonna buy the Astute Graphic's plug-ins too!!