I'd be most likely to dimension and annotate in my CADD tool-of-choice, and then save those files as. The technical drawing part can also be done in either of these, but is more commonly done after the design effort is completed, in either a CADD tool or a 3D DCC tool, both because you can create the relevant 3D information more easily and because, absent plugins, the basic vector art / design apps don't handle scale and dimensioning in a CADD-like manner FreeCAD, OnShape, DraftSight and even AutoCad can handle all these tasks with ease - but I wouldn't DESIGN my logo there - with my personal workflow, I'd design in Affinity Designer, and develop the 3D in my 3D DCC Tool-of-choice ( Modo) or directly in OnShape.

Here are some famous logos that were done in technical drawings:īoth Illustrator and Affinity Designer are capable vector art and design tools, and either can accomplish the design work of creating a logo or lettermark. Or, are there better alternative to create CAD drawing in logo design?Īnd a futher question here: is Affinity Designer better or worse than Adobe Illustrator in doing this? I am fine with them but I am not sure if they are the right tools everyone else are using for the same tasks. I resolve by working my design on Fusion 360 or FreeCAD. Smart-guide and snapping in AI wont help me to find the tangent of a line against a circle or to lock multiple shapes with constraints. in tangent to a curve or to mark a curve with curvature. I find it hard to use Adobe Illustrator to create accurate logo design where I need drawings mathematically perfectly aligned e.g. Meaning when I do my regular 2D logo design, I have to make sure it can be re-created in a manner, not by export and importing the path of the logo mark from the design file, but by drawing on a blank blueprint with clear instructions/dimensions/constraints.

3D printing is trending and some of my clients are asking for logo design be done ready in 3D with CAD blueprints.

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