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AXONOMETRIC PROJECTION [2 records]

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Record 1 1999-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Design
  • Architectural Drafting and Tools
DEF

A method of pictorial drawing which shows a building or other object in three dimensions. The plan is set up to scale to a true angle of either 45 degrees or of 30 degrees and 60 degrees; and vertical are also drawn to scale; but by this method diagonals and curves are distorted.

DEF

A geometrical design showing an object in three views, similar to an isometric, the difference being, the true plan is set at any convenient angle instead of a 30° angle. When this method is used, all horizontal and vertical dimensions are to scale, but diagonals and curves are distorted.

DEF

A three dimensional representation of an architectural drawing in which all parallel lines remain parallel and to scale, unlike a perspective, the lines of which converge.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dessin industriel
  • Dessin architectural et instruments

Spanish

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Record 2 1994-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Design
DEF

The representation of objects by means of their perpendicular projections on a single plane so placed that a rectangular solid projected upon it would show three faces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dessin industriel
DEF

Projection orthogonale de l'objet à représenter sur un plan inégalement incliné sur les trois axes d'un système orthogonal de référence.

CONT

Dessin exécuté en adoptant la méthode des projections axonométriques.

Spanish

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