Unit 5 Glossary

Attributes: A quality or feature regarded as a characteristic or inherent part of someone or something

Axis: An imaginary straight line passing through the center of a symmetrical solid and about which a plane figure can be conceived as rotating to generate the solid

CAD: Computer-aided design

Dimensions: Cut or shape an object to particular measurements

Drafting: To draw the outlines or plan of; sketch

Engineer: A person who designs, builds, or maintains engines, machines, or public works

Interact: Act in such a way as to have an effect on another

Isometric View: Isometric projection is a form of graphical projection, more specifically, a form of axonometric projection.

Measurement: The size, length, or amount of something, as established by measuring

Monochrome: Consisting of or displaying images in black and white or in varying tones of only one color 

Orbit: The curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon, esp. a periodic elliptical revolution

Orthographic View: A camera view that shows one side of an object or scene (front, side, top, back, and so on) so it appears projected on a plane without the effect of perspective

Perspective View: An approximate representation, on a flat surface (such as paper), of an image as it is seen by the eye

Plans: A detailed proposal for doing or achieving something

Scale: A system of ordered marks at fixed intervals used as a reference standard in measurement