PLTW - IED Unit 2 Key Terms With Complete Solution
Cabinet Pictorial - Oblique pictorial where the depth is portrayed as half scale compared
to the height and width scale.
Cavalier Pictorial - Oblique pictorial where the height and the width and the depth are
full scale.
Center Line - A line which locates the center of arcs, circles, or symmetrical parts.
Construction Line - Lightly drawn lines to guide drawing other lines and shapes.
Depth - Answer The measurement pertaining to an object's front-to-rear dimension or
extent of something from side to side.
Dimension - Answer A measurable extent, such as the three principal dimensions of an
object is width, height, and depth.
Dimension Line - Answer A line which represents distance.
Documentation - Answer 1. The documents that are required for something or that give
evidence or proof of something. 2. Drawings or printed information that contain
instructions for assembling, installing, operating, and servicing.
Drawing - Answer A formal graphical representation of an object containing information
based on the drawing type.
Edge - Answer The line along which two surfaces of a solid meet.
, Ellipse - A regular oval shape, traced by a point moving in a plane so that the sum of its
distances from two other points is constant, or resulting when a cone is cut by an
oblique plane which does not intersect the base.
Extension Line - Line which represents where a dimension starts and stops.
Freehand - Drawing that is done by hand without the use of drawing tools such as
straightedges.
Grid - A pattern of lines that intersect to create a set of squares or rectangles.
Height - A measure applied to an object's vertical extent.
Hidden Line- A line style which conveys an edge not directly viewed.
Isometric Sketch Answer A pictorial sketch in which all three axes make equal angles of
120 deg with the plane of projection.
Leader Line Answer Line which dimension arcs, circles and detail.
Line - Answer 1. A long thin mark on a surface. 2. A continuous extent of length, straight
or curved, without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point. 3. Long, narrow
mark or band.
Line Conventions - Answer Standardization of lines used on technical drawings by line
weight and style.
Line Weight - Answer Also called line width. The thickness of a line, characterized as
thick or thin.
Cabinet Pictorial - Oblique pictorial where the depth is portrayed as half scale compared
to the height and width scale.
Cavalier Pictorial - Oblique pictorial where the height and the width and the depth are
full scale.
Center Line - A line which locates the center of arcs, circles, or symmetrical parts.
Construction Line - Lightly drawn lines to guide drawing other lines and shapes.
Depth - Answer The measurement pertaining to an object's front-to-rear dimension or
extent of something from side to side.
Dimension - Answer A measurable extent, such as the three principal dimensions of an
object is width, height, and depth.
Dimension Line - Answer A line which represents distance.
Documentation - Answer 1. The documents that are required for something or that give
evidence or proof of something. 2. Drawings or printed information that contain
instructions for assembling, installing, operating, and servicing.
Drawing - Answer A formal graphical representation of an object containing information
based on the drawing type.
Edge - Answer The line along which two surfaces of a solid meet.
, Ellipse - A regular oval shape, traced by a point moving in a plane so that the sum of its
distances from two other points is constant, or resulting when a cone is cut by an
oblique plane which does not intersect the base.
Extension Line - Line which represents where a dimension starts and stops.
Freehand - Drawing that is done by hand without the use of drawing tools such as
straightedges.
Grid - A pattern of lines that intersect to create a set of squares or rectangles.
Height - A measure applied to an object's vertical extent.
Hidden Line- A line style which conveys an edge not directly viewed.
Isometric Sketch Answer A pictorial sketch in which all three axes make equal angles of
120 deg with the plane of projection.
Leader Line Answer Line which dimension arcs, circles and detail.
Line - Answer 1. A long thin mark on a surface. 2. A continuous extent of length, straight
or curved, without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point. 3. Long, narrow
mark or band.
Line Conventions - Answer Standardization of lines used on technical drawings by line
weight and style.
Line Weight - Answer Also called line width. The thickness of a line, characterized as
thick or thin.
