Best technique for creating an isometric grid

I know there are plugins to make isometric grids. I just want to draw one and have it available for later usage. How can I create this? (I am new to Illustrator and have no experience making custom grids.)
Thanks!

There are no true "custom grids" in Illustrator (in the sense of angled snap grids), just as there are no custom rulers.
If you feel you must use a grid for isometric drawing, you can fake it by several methods:
1. Draw an array of lines. Put them on a locked layer. Snap to point and SmartGuides will snap to them, even though they are locked.
2. Draw the array of lines. Convert them to Guides.
3. Use the Grid Tool to draw a square grid, rotate it 45°, scale it vertically 57.7%, put it on a locked layer or convert it to Guides.
4. Draw two short lines of the same length (one at 30°, the other at 150°), centered on each other, and use that figure to create a Pattern Swatch. Draw a rectangular path, fill it with the Swatch. Expand the fill so that snaps will work on it.
All the above have their drawbacks. 1, 2, and 3 are cumbersome because if your page size changes, the grid has to be changed, moved, or added to accordingly. (Unless you draw the grid to fill the entire pasteboard). 3 is awkward because of all the extraneous trash Illustrator is so prone to creating (unfilled, unstroked paths and clipping masks in expanded results).
I don't use a grid when drawing isometric in Illustrator. I just use SmartGuides. Look it up in online Help. Set the construction guides to 15° increments (or set custom angles to 30°, 150°, and 90°.)
JET

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