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Interior Design 160: GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION FOR DESIGN

Exercise: Sketching Orthographic Views (from Muller, E. Reading Architectural Working Drawings.) Directions. Using a soft pencil and a sheet of grid paper, sketch the corresponding orthographic views of the isometric pictorials on the following pages. Each 1/4” grid on your sheet corresponds with a single grid coordinate on the isometric object. Use dashed lines to indicate hidden features and leave one grid space between each of the views, as shown in the examples.

First, lightly draw a rectangular box that defines the overall width and depth of the top view. Then, do the same for the front and side views. Next, locate the changes in plane that define areas that are cut away or left to form a shape. Locate openings that extend through the object and any changes in plane that are hidden from view. Draw hidden lines to represent these relationships. Finally, trace any surface features.

Sample. In these examples, the isometric coordinates on the pictorial views are the same size as the orthographic coordinates shown in the examples to the left. Lengths of features are obtained by merely counting the blocks. Dashed lines represent hidden features.

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Interior Design 160: GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION FOR DESIGN

Sketching Orthographic Views (from Muller, E. Reading Architectural Working Drawings. pp. 101-2) Exercises 1-4: With a soft pencil and grid paper, sketch the three orthographic views of each isometric pictorial.

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Interior Design 160: GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION FOR DESIGN

Sketching Orthographic Views (from Muller, E. Reading Architectural Working Drawings. pp. 102-4) Exercises 5-8: With a soft pencil and grid paper, sketch the three orthographic views of each isometric pictorial.

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Interior Design 160: GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION FOR DESIGN

Sketching Orthographic Views (from Muller, E. Reading Architectural Working Drawings. p. 104) Exercises 9-10: With a soft pencil and grid paper, sketch the three orthographic views of each isometric pictorial.

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