board drafting: - Answers Traditional drafting that involves drawing by hand using a board and precision
instruments.
career: - Answers A series of related jobs built on a foundation of interest, knowledge, training, and
experience.
career plan: - Answers A document in which you record your plans for your career; your "road map" to
the future.
employability skills: - Answers "People" skills such as being able to get along with other people and work
well with them; soft skills that help you keep a job.
entrepreneur: - Answers Someone who organizes and then runs a business.
lifelong learning: - Answers Learning that takes place throughout your career, either as formal
continuing education (CE) credits or as informal courses or participation in work-related associations.
long-term goals: - Answers Personal or professional goals that may take more than five years to
accomplish.
portfolio: - Answers A collection of your best work, which you can present to potential employers.
résumé: - Answers A document that summarizes your experience and education for perspective
employers.
short-term goals: - Answers Personal or professional goals that you can achieve in less than five years.
creativity: - Answers A combination of imagination, knowledge, and curiosity that can be applied to the
creation of new product ideas.
design: - Answers The conception of an idea and its development into a practical, producible, and usable
product or process.
digitizing: - Answers The process of converting a paper copy into electronic format.
isometric lines: - Answers Lines in an isometric drawing that run parallel to any of the three axes.
oblique sketch: - Answers A sketch in which two of the axes are at right angles to each other, and the
third axis is drawn at any convenient angle. A 45° angle is often used.
pictorial sketch: - Answers A picturelike type of sketch in which the width, height, and depth of an object
are shown in one view.
inclined line: - Answers A line drawn at an angle that is neither horizontal nor vertical
, reference zones: - Answers The numbers or letters given in the margins of a drawing to locate specific
information on the drawing, similar to the way you locate cities and towns on a road map.
revision history block: - Answers A text block that contains a record of all alterations made after the
original drawing was completed.
bisect: - Answers Divide into two equal parts.
circumscribe: - Answers Create a polygon that fully encloses a circle that is tangent to all of the polygon's
sides.
geometric construction: - Answers An illustration made of individual lines and points drawn in proper
relationship to one another.
inscribe: - Answers Create a polygon fully enclosed by a circle that is tangent to all of the polygon's sides.
ogee curve: - Answers A double reverse curve that looks something like an S.
regular polygon: - Answers A closed figure in which all of the sides and angles are of equal measure.
first-angle projection - Answers A system of projection in which the object is projected onto the planes
from the first angle, or quadrant.
implementation: - Answers The process of drawing the object that has been visualized.
normal view - Answers In perspective drawing, a view in which the object is seen face on, so that the line
of sight is directly on it rather than above or below.
orthographic projection - Answers The process of projecting two or more views of an object onto
imaginary planes by drawing lines perpendicularly from the object to the planes.
third-angle projection: - Answers A system of projection in which the object is projected onto the planes
from the third angle, or quadrant.
visualization - Answers The ability to see clearly in the mind's eye what a machine, device, or other
object looks like.
basic primitives - Answers box, wedge, sphere, cone, torus, cylinder
vellum: - Answers translucent drafting paper
non-isometric lines - Answers lines in a isometric drawing that are not parallel to any axes.
size dimension: - Answers a dimension that shows how big or long something is
location dimension: - Answers a dimension showing where a part of a drawing is relative to other parts
CPU - Answers central processing unit