7 Auxiliary Views

Explain the purposes of auxiliary views. Identify auxiliary views and explain their relationship to regular views. Discuss terms related to auxiliary view projection. Read prints that incorporate auxiliary views.

Auxiliary Views Created with a projection plane that is not in one of the normal directions An orthographic view

Auxiliary View Purpose Can be used to show the true size and shape of an inclined surface

Auxiliary View Purpose Can be used to show the true angle of a groove

Auxiliary Views in Education In education or standards, reference lines are often used to help construct the auxiliary view

Visualizing Auxiliary Views Turn the drawing to see the auxiliary view in a horizontal or vertical orientation

Auxiliary View Types Primary: projected from a normal view Secondary: projected from a primary auxiliary By dimension: Height: projected from the top view Width: projected from the side view Depth: projected from the front view

Partial Auxiliary View Does not show the entire object

Secondary Auxiliary View Projected from a primary auxiliary view

When is an auxiliary view used? To show the true size and shape of a feature that cannot be shown as such in a normal view

What is the relationship of an auxiliary view to the normal views? Any projected view that is not one of the six normal views is an auxiliary view.

Define dihedral angle. The true angle between two surfaces

What is a primary auxiliary view? An auxiliary view projected from one of the six normal views

What is a secondary auxiliary view? An auxiliary view projected from a primary auxiliary view instead of a normal view