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A view shows one side, drawn flat
What does a building look like from just one side?
Today you'll discover
- what a view is
- why a view is flat
- how one building has many views
Think firstSeven cubes. You stand right in front.
Standing right in front, eyes level with the cubes, what do you see?
Decide first, then press Next. Watch the eye move, and the flat drawing change with it.
Seven cubes drawn from a corner above: a front row of 2, 1 and 1 cubes, and a stack of 3 behind the left end. An eye stands in front and a flat drawing of squares appears beside it; then the eye moves to the right side and the drawing changes; then three flat drawings are set out together.
See the whole ideathe big idea and the key word, in one place
The big idea
A view is what an object looks like from one side, drawn flat.
Compare themA view is flat: squares, with no slanted lines. The corner drawing is not a view; it shows three sides at once so you can picture the cubes.
Where it goes nextArchitects draw views of a building before it is built. Builders read them to know exactly what to make.
Key word
- view
- a flat drawing of what an object looks like from one direction
Ready to use it?
- Pick the view seen from a given place.
- Count the squares in a view.