Views & Projections
The multiview system using separate 2D views like top, front, and right is called this.
What is Orthographic (Multiview)?
Thick solid line used to show visible outlines.
What is a Visible/Object line?
What is a compass/bow compass used for?
What is to draw circles, arcs, and curved lines by hand?
The horizontal menu at the top of your AutoCAD drawing workspace
What is the Ribbon?
The distance across a circle through its center
What is Diameter?
Projection used in US/Canada where the top view is placed above the front view and the right view to the right.
What is Third‑Angle Projection?
Short dashed line used to show edges you cannot see in the current view.
What is a Hidden (or Invisible) line?
Another name for the triangle tool
What is a Set Square?
Simple 3D shapes used as building blocks in solid modeling (example: cube, sphere)
What are Primitives?
Two lines that are at a 90-degree angle are considered...
What is Perpendicular?
Pictorial view with equal angles, no perspective, and good for measurements.
What is Isometric?
Long‑short‑long line used to mark the center of holes and cylinders.
What is a Center line?
Which tool is used to measure and draw angles?
What is a Protractor?
The coordinate type that gives you the distance and angle away from the starting point.
What is Polar?
In isometric or oblique views, a circular hole/opening appears as this oval shape.
What is Ellipse?
Pictorial where the front face is drawn true and depth is drawn at an angle
What is Oblique?
The description for uneccessary dimension lines (something drafters should avoid)
What are Superfluous Dimensions?
True or false: You should always extend a boxcutter to its full length regardless of what you're cutting and your positioning.
What is False?
An AutoCAD command/operation that removes one shape or piece of a shape (not deletes the whole item).
If your start point in AutoCAD is (2,2), and you type in @5,-7, your next point will be...
What is (7,-5)?
Drawing type that uses one or more vanishing points and looks most realistic but is not used for precise manufacturing measurements.
What is Perspective (1-point, 2-point, or 3-point)?
Where should dimensions be placed relative to the object?
What is outside of the object?
The purpose of the T-square is...
What is to guide straight horizontal lines?
The default file type for AutoCAD files
When two sides of a triangle are of equal length, and the third one is a different length, this is called...
What is a "Scalene Triangle"?