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Record 1 2002-02-26

English

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

The art of making a perspective representation of figures when the coordinates of points in them are given.

CONT

The term "axonometry" refers to a system of projection by means of the three regular Cartesian coordinate axes, OX, OY, and OZ, O being the point of origin where the axes meet.

French

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

Représentation d'une figure à trois dimensions par projection orthogonale ou oblique.

DEF

Représentation en perspective d'un élément de machine, d'un bâtiment ou d'un site, dont les valeurs angulaires seules sont déformées, les dimensions linéaires restant proportionnelles.

OBS

L'axonométrie ou perspective parallèle suppose une projection sur le tableau dont le centre O est rejeté à l'infini et dont les rayons sont parallèles; en axonométrie orthogonale, les rayons sont «normaux» perpendiculaires au tableau; en axonométrie oblique ou perspective cavalière, les rayons sont obliques.

Spanish

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