Isometric and oblique: the two families
Metal Technology · Grade 10 · about 40 minutes
The difference between the two kinds of pictorial drawing used in metalwork, and the trade-off each one makes.
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- 1 practice task with hints and worked answers
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- The crating method
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- Drawing a hexagonal prism
- Drawing a pyramid
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- Circles in isometric: the four-centre method
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- An oblique drawing of a round part
- Choosing isometric or oblique
- Dimensioning pictorial drawings
- Common dimensioning errors
- Reading a pictorial drawing
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