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Build a building from its three views
How do you build a building when you only have its drawings?
Today you'll discover
- where to start
- how the side and front views set the heights
- how to check your building
Think firstFront 3, 1, 1. Side 2, 3. Top: 4 squares.
The top view has 4 squares. Which one must hold the stack of 3?
Decide first, then press Next. Use the side view to find the row, and the top view to find the square.
Down the left, three views: a top view of 4 squares in an L, a front view of columns 3, 1, 1 and a side view of 2 then 3. On the right, the building is built cube by cube: a stack of 3 at the back left and a front row of 2, 1, 1. Ticks appear by each view. The last step shows the three views of an arch.
See the whole ideathe big idea and the key word, in one place
The big idea
Start with the top view, then raise each stack until the front and side views match.
Four steps1. Lay out the top view's squares. 2. Use the side view for each row. 3. Use the front view for each column. 4. Check all three views.
Where it goes nextThis is what builders do every day: they read flat drawings and make the real thing.
Key word
- build from views
- use the front, side and top views to work out where every cube goes
Ready to use it?
- Build a cube building from three views.
- Check a building against its views.