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Engineering Design Graphics with Autodesk® Inventor® 2017
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Engineering Design Graphics with Autodesk® Inventor® 2017

by James D. Bethune
September 2016
Intermediate to advanced
848 pages
28h 23m
English
Peachpit Press
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Chapter 4. Orthographic Views

Chapter Objectives

Learn how to draw orthographic views

Learn ANSI standards and conventions

Learn about third-angle projection

Learn how to draw section and auxiliary views

Introduction

Orthographic views may be created directly from 3D Inventor models. Orthographic views are two-dimensional views used to define a three-dimensional model. Unless the model is of uniform thickness, more than one orthographic view is necessary to define the model’s shape. Standard practice calls for three orthographic views: a front, a top, and a right-side view, although more or fewer views may be used as needed.

orthographic views: Two-dimensional views used to define a three-dimensional model. (Usually more than one ...

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