AUXILIARY VIEWS & VISUALIZATION

TECHNIQUES FOR MULTIVIEW

DRAWINGS
Three Principal Projection Planes
Common Planar Surfaces of
Objects

1. Normal Surfaces
2. Inclined Surfaces
3. Oblique Surfaces
 1. Normal Surfaces

A normal surface
is a planar surface
that is orthogonal
to the 3 principal
planes of
projection.
 2. Inclined Surfaces

An inclined surface
is a normal surface
that has been
rotated about 1
principal axis. It is
perpendicular to 1
principal projection
plane and inclined
to the other 2.
 3. Oblique Surfaces

An oblique surface
is a planar surface
that has been
rotated about 2
principal axes. It is
inclined to all 3
principal projection
planes.
AUXILIARY VIEW DRAWINGS
 3View Multiview Drawing
Inclined Surface (A)

TOP

FRONT RIGHT

The true shape of the inclined face (A) cannot be seen in the
front view and is foreshortened in the side and top views. To
show the true size and shape of this face, an additional, or
auxiliary view must be added to these three views.
Auxiliary View Projection Theory
(Glass Box Theory)
 Primary Auxiliary View

The primary auxiliary view is projected parallel and

perpendicular to the inclined plane in the view where
the inclined plane is seen as an edge.
Auxiliary View: Three Cases
 Partial Multi-Auxiliary-View

This auxiliary view

is a partial view
since the top and
left faces are not
shown on it.
The top view is a
partial view as well.
Complete Multi-Auxiliary-View
 Secondary Auxiliary View

To draw the true size and shape of an

oblique plane, a secondary auxiliary view
is required. First, a primary auxiliary view
is projected from one edge of the oblique
plane in one of the views of the multiview,
and then a secondary auxiliary view is
projected from the primary auxiliary view.
Visualization Techniques for
Multiview Drawings
 Visualization Approaches to
Deciphering Multiview Drawings
1. Draw pictorials
2. Reduce complex shapes to primitive
shapes
3. Label surfaces
4. Label Vertices
5. Create 3-Dimensional Models
6. Solve Missing Lines & Missing View
Problems
 Visualization Approaches to
Deciphering Multiview Drawings
1. Draw a Pictorial

ISOMETRIC
 Visualization Approaches to
Deciphering Multiview Drawings
2. Reduce Complex Shapes to Simple Shapes
 Visualization Approaches to
Deciphering Multiview Drawings
3. Label Surfaces
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T
R F

R
F
T T

F R F
R
 Visualization Approaches to
Deciphering Multiview Drawings
4. Label Vertices
5
4

5
4

3,2

4,5
3

3
1
2
1 1,2
 Visualization Approaches to
Deciphering Multiview Drawings
5. Create a 3-Dimensional Model
 Visualization Approaches to
Deciphering Multiview Drawings
6. Solve Missing Lines & Missing View Problems
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