Orthographic Vi-WPS Office
Orthographic Vi-WPS Office
Orthographic Vi-WPS Office
Standard practice calls for three orthographic views, a front, top, and side view,
although more or fewer views may be used as needed.
Orthographic projections are important because they are used to communicate the
specifics of a three-dimensional object clearly and without ambiguity.
Normal Surfaces
Normal surfaces are surfaces that are at 90° to each other. Below are objects that
include only normal surfaces and their orthographic views.
Hidden Lines
Hidden lines are used to show surfaces that are not directly visible. All surfaces must be
shown in all views. If an edge or surface is blocked from view by another feature, it is
drawn using a hidden line.
Precedence of Lines
It is not unusual for one type of line to be drawn over another type of line. Below are two
examples of overlap by different types of lines. A solid line (object or continuous) takes
precedence over a hidden line, and a hidden line takes precedence over a centerline.
Slanted Surfaces
Slanted surfaces are surfaces drawn at an angle to each other. Surface ABCD appears as
a rectangle in both the top and front views. Neither rectangle represents the true shape
of the surface. Each is smaller than the actual surface. Also, none of the views shows
enough of the object to enable the viewer to accurately define the shape of the object.
The views must be used together for a correct understanding of the object’s shape.
Compound Lines
Oblique Surfaces
Some objects have internal surfaces that are not directly visible in normal orthographic
views. Section views are used to expose these surfaces. Section views do not include
hidden lines.Any material cut when a section view is defined is hatched using section
lines. There are many different styles of hatching, but the general style is evenly spaced
45° lines.
.Aligned section views are most often used on circular objects and use an angled cutting
plane line to include more features in the section view.
Broken Views
It is often convenient to break long continuous shapes so that they take up less drawing
space. Below is a long L-bracket that has a continuous shape; that is, its shape is
constant throughout its length.
Auxiliary Views
Auxiliary views are orthographic views used to present true-shaped views of a slanted
surface. In the diagram below neither the front nor the side view shows a true shape of
the slanted surface. A top view would show a foreshortened view. Only a view taken 90°
to the surface will show its true shape.