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| Architectural drawing | a drawing showing buildings and other structures to be built |
| Assembly drawing | a drawing made to show how to put a product together |
| Bill of materials | a list of all the needed parts to make one product |
| Compass | a tool used to make circles and arcs |
| Detailed drawing | a 2-D drawing giving the size and shape of an individual part |
| Dimensioning | a process using two types of lines, extension and dimension, in a drawing |
| Engineering drawing | a sketch used to illustrate products that will be manufactured |
| Isometric drawing | shows the front, top and side views of an object just like the eye sees them in real life |
| Mechanical drawing | a precise drawing used by a designer, two main classes drawings include orthographic and pictorial |
| Multiview drawing | uses several views to describe the object |
| Oblique drawing | shows and focuses on one view as the most important |
| Orthographic drawing | also called a mulitview type drawing |
| Perspective drawing | type of drawing most like what the eye sees naturally |
| Pictorial drawing | another name for perspective drawing |
| Scale | special type of ruler used to make specific measurements |
| Schematic | use of pictures and symbols, rather than words, to show a process |
| Specification | detailed written directions for the builder controlling the work quality and materials on the job site |
| Tablet | a device having a pad and puck used with CADD |
| Template | a plastic piece with shapes and symbols cut out that the designers trace |
| Working drawing | the most complete drawing used by designers and engineers to display all the needed info. to build structures or create products |
| CAD (Computer Aided Design) | The use of a computer to assist in the process of designing a part, circuit, building, etc. |
| Prototype | An original, full-scale, and usually working model of a new product or new version of an existing product |
| Annotate | To add explanatory notes to. |
| Chamfer | A small angled surface formed between two surfaces. |
| Coincident | Occupying the same area in space. |
| Collinear | Lying in the same straight line. |
| Constraint | A limit to a design process. |
| Design | An iterative decision-making process that produces plans. |
| Feature | A distinctive attribute or aspect. |
| Mockup | A visual, mathematical, or three-dimensional representation in detail of an object or design. |
| Offset | The amount by which something is out of line. |
| Parallel | Lines, planes, or surfaces side by side and having the same distance continuously between them. |
| Perpendicular | At an angle of 90˚ to a given line, plane, or surface. |
| Profile | An outline of something as seen from one side. |
| Prototype | A full-scale working model used to test a design concept. |
| Revolve | To move in a circle about a central axis. |
| Right Triangle | A triangle that has a 90 degree angle. |
| Rotation | Turning around an axis or center point. |
| Sketch Plane | The surface that 2D profiles can be sketched on. |
| Specification | A detailed description of the design and materials used to make something. |
| Vertical | Parallel to the Y axis. |
| Trim | Cut off irregular or unwanted parts. |
| Model | A miniature representation of something. |
| Inventor | Type of software used to create drawings. |
| Inventor part drawing | .ipt |
| Inventor assembly | .iam |
| Inventor drawing | .idw |
| Object's degrees of freedom | six |
| Extrude | Use a 2D shape to create 3D form. |
| Z axis | The axis from front to back. |
| X axis | The axis from left to right. |
| Y axis | The axis up and down. |
| Thumbnail sketch | A quick initial sketch of an object. |
| Degrees of Freedom | Up, down, forward, back, left, and right |
