Idea 5of 22Builds onThe top view: looking straight down
Where you stand sets the view
Why do careful drawings of one object look so different?
Today you'll discover
- why there is no one right drawing
- how to tell where someone stood
- which views have the most squares
Think firstNina drew the front. Theo drew the right side.
Nina's and Theo's careful drawings don't match. Who drew it wrong?
Decide first, then press Next. The cubes never move; follow the eye.
The seven cubes, drawn once. The eye stands in front, then at the right side, then above, and beside it the flat drawing changes each time: columns 3, 1, 1; then 2, 3; then an L of 4 squares.
See the whole ideathe big idea and the key word, in one place
The big idea
The object stays the same; where you stand changes the view.
For exampleThree friends draw one sculpture from three places and get three different drawings. All three are right.
Where it goes nextVideo games and 3-D design apps turn an object on screen so you can see it from any viewpoint before it is built.
Key word
- viewpoint
- the place you look at an object from
Ready to use it?
- Say where someone stood to draw a view.
- Match each view to the place it was drawn from.