Transcript Exploded Views - Notre Dame High School

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Graphic Communication
Exploded Views
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Exploded views show objects blown apart to
see how they fit together.
This can be particularly useful when showing
how to put something together, for example
flatpack furniture.
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Shown on the right is a real
example of one use of
exploded drawings.
This is an exploded drawing
of a flatpack desk that is to
be built by the buyer.
By clearly showing the position
of each part in relation to how it
goes together, this type of
drawing helps the user to build
the desk.
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Shown is an exploded
isometric view of a
trinket box.
The next few slides will
show you how to draw this.
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The assembled trinket box
is shown on the right.
From this view it is difficult to
tell how the box goes together.
To make this easier we will draw an
exploded isometric view of the box.
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We already know that isometric drawings are
drawn using the angles shown below.
30°
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30°
We start by drawing the isometric
view of the trinket box.
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Piece by piece now
redraw the parts of the
box as if they had been
blown apart by a bomb.
The pieces should all
line up with their
original position on
the drawing.
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This is the final drawing.
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