Skills / Drawing /
Technical Drawing
Technical drawing: a precise and detailed drawing of an object, as employed in architecture or engineering.
Classroom Presentation
Sources
Isometric grid paper (provided in class)
Orthographic grid paper (provided in class)
Tips
When doing
Make one or more sketches of your drawing on scrap paper first.
Draw your final drawing thinly in pencil first. Then add colour. Trace it with a pen last.
Isometric (3D) drawing
Challenge
Watch the video and try to recreate the sketch!
Add annotations and thicker lines for more definition
Stretch your skills by using shading to identify different sides of a 3D object
Orthographic drawing
Common mistakes in isometric projection drawings
Dimensions on top of a projection
Dimensions too close to drawing
Dimensions repeated unnecessarily
Dimensions not properly stacked
Dimensions with units (units are not needed)