Idea 6of 22Builds onWhere you stand sets the view
The back view is the front view flipped
What do you see when you walk round behind the building?
Today you'll discover
- what the back view looks like
- why left and right swap
- why the back view adds nothing new
Think firstThe front view: the tall column is on the left
You walk round behind the building. Where will the tall column be?
Decide first, then press Next. Watch the front view fold over into the back view.
The front view of the seven cubes: columns 3, 1, 1. Then the eye moves behind the building and the back view appears: columns 1, 1, 3. A dashed outline of the front view folds over onto it. The last step asks for the back view of a building whose front view is 3, 2, 2.
See the whole ideathe big idea and the key word, in one place
The big idea
The back view is the front view flipped left to right.
See the patternThe sides work the same way: the view from the left is the view from the right, flipped.
Easy to get wrongBecause it is only a flip, the back view never shows a cube the front view missed. To learn more, look from the side or the top.
Key word
- back view
- the flat drawing of what you see standing behind an object, facing it
Ready to use it?
- Draw the back view from a front view.
- Tell a back view from a front view.