Drawing Terms

Rough drawing of something

• Drawing

• Scale

• Sketch

• 3 View Drawing

a picture made with a writing utensil

• Sketch

• Dimension

• Picture

• Drawing

Measurement of width, length or thickness

• Size

• Measurment

• Scale

• Dimension

Pictorial Drawing

• Shows two Views in one

• Shows four Views in one

• Shows three views in one

• only shows one view

a three-view drawing shows 3 views or sides of an object

• in one image

• in three different images

• in many different images

border line

• a heavy, broken line that is parallel to the edges of the paper

• a solid line showing the exact area specified by a dimension

• a series of dashes that show the presence of an unseen edge

• a heavy, solid that is parallel to the edges of the paper

Object Line

• a heavy, solid that is parallel to the edges of the paper

• Solid line that shows the visible edges of an object

• a series of dashes that show the edges of an object

• a series of dashes that show the presence of an unseen edge

Hidden line

• a series of dashes that show the presence of an unseen edge

• a line that show the presence of an unseen edge

• Solid line that shows the hidden edges of an object

• a solid line with arrows that indicate the dimensions of an object

Dimension line

• a broken line with arrows that indicate the dimensions of an object

• Solid line that shows the visible edges of an object

• a solid line with arrows that indicate the dimensions of an object

• a broken line that indicate the dimensions of an object

Extension line

• a solid line showing the exact area specified by a dimension

• Solid line that shows the visible edges of an object

• a dotted line showing the exact area specified by a dimension