SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
Design And Modeling Vocab
Start Test
Study First
Subject
:
engineering
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Views is shorthand for multiview projection - which is a system used to view an object. The six mutually perpendicular directions any object may be viewed are top - front - right- side - rear - left- side - and bottom. Top - front - and right- side v
Vanishing Point
Revolve
Annotation
Views
2. Used to describe the size and location of individual geometric shapes.
Dimension Constraint
Height
Isometric
Thumbnail Sketch
3. Dimensions that show the exact location of parts of an object.
Annotate
Collinear
Isometric
Location Dimension
4. A visual - mathematical - or three- dimensional representation in detail of an object or design - often smaller than the original. A model is often used to test ideas - make changes to a design - and to learn more about what would happen to a similar
Specification
Model
Extend
Fillet
5. A flat surface on which a straight line joining any two points would wholly lie.
Size Dimension
Revolve
Documentation
Plane
6. A realistic way of drawing objects in three dimensions using a horizon line - a key edge - and two vanishing points.
Two-Point Perspective
Tangent
Centerline
Perpendicular
7. The measurement of someone or something from head to foot or from base to top.
Construction Line
Height
Prototype
Scale
8. A form of pictorial drawing in which all three drawing axes form equal angles of 120 degrees with the plane of projection.
Isometric
Fix
Perspective Drawing
Chamfer
9. A form of pictorial drawing in which all three drawing axes form equal angles of 120 degrees with the plane of projection.
Height
Sketch
Isometric
Sketch Plane
10. A full- scale working model used to test a design concept by making actual observations and necessary adjustments.
Prototype
Isometric
Model
Specification
11. A straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at one point.
Fillet
Hidden Line
Line Weight
Tangent
12. Having the dimensions of height and width - height and depth - or width and depth only.
Location Dimension
Functional
Two Dimensional (2D)
Documentation
13. Restrictions applied to geometric entities; for example - horizontal - parallel - perpendicular - and tangent.
Geometric Constraints
Edit
Prototype
Width
14. Standardization of lines used on technical drawings by line weight and style.
Line Conventions
Views
Annotate
Functional
15. A limit to a design process. Constraints may be such things as appearance - funding - space - materials - and human capabilities. A limitation or restriction.
Hidden Line
Views
Constraint
Isometric
16. Construct or manufacture an industrial product.
Fabricate
Browser
Dimension Constraint
Revolve
17. A line type that is used to indicate the axis of symmetry for a part or feature.
Annotation
Object Line
Isometric
Centerline
18. A conical- shaped recess around a hole that is often used to receive a tapered screw.
Countersink
Browser
Leader Line
Model
19. Turning around an axis or center point.
Rotation
CAD (Computer-Aided Design)
Documentation
Hidden Line
20. Lines that are thin and used to connect a specific note to a feature.
Horizontal
Rotation
Dimension Line
Leader Line
21. Also called line width. The thickness of a line - characterized as thick or thin.
Line Conventions
Sketch
Vanishing Point
Line Weight
22. A straight line passing from side to side through the center of a circle or sphere.
Mockup
Size Dimension
Height
Diameter
23. The distance from front to back.
Extension Line
Depth
Sketch Plane
Dimension Line
24. Parallel to the X axis.
Plane
Horizontal
Specification
Right Triangle
25. A closed geometric figure in a plane formed by connecting line segements endpoint to endpoint with each segment intersecting exactly two others. Polygons are classified by the number of sides they have - such as a triangle has three sides - a quadril
Polygon
Feature
Prototype
Geometric Constraints
26. The amount by which something is out of line.
Visualize
Scale
Vanishing Point
Offset
27. Cut off irregular or unwanted parts.
Trim
CAD (Computer-Aided Design)
Feature
Hidden Line
28. A straight line from the center to the circumference of a circle or sphere.
Size Dimension
Radius
Fillet
Revolve
29. Parallel to the Y axis.
Extension Line
Mockup
Vertical
Browser
30. To imagine the visual form of an object or situation that one cannot see.
Diameter
Plane
Sketch Plane
Visualize
31. Having the dimensions of height - width - and depth.
Right Triangle
Three Dimensional (3D)
Dimension Line
Mockup
32. A point in space - usually located on the horizon - where parallel edges of an object appear to converge.
Two-Point Perspective
Fix
Vanishing Point
Views
33. An outline of something as seen from one side.
Profile
Dimension
Plane
Functional
34. At an angle of 90
Hidden Line
Sketch Plane
Countersink
Perpendicular
35. A line type that represents an edge that is not directly visible because it is behind or beneath another surface.
Depth
Diameter
Specification
Hidden Line
36. A method of representing three- dimensional objects on a plane having only length and breadth.
Browser
Size Dimension
Design
Orthographic Projection
37. A small angled surface formed between two surfaces.
Chamfer
Collinear
Edit
Design
38. The documents that are required for something or that give evidence or proof of something. A drawing or printed information that contains instructions for assembling - installing - operating - and servicing.
Plane
Perpendicular
Documentation
Edit
39. Thin lines capped with arrowheads - which may be broken along their length to provide space for the dimension numerals.
Dimension Line
Line Conventions
Collinear
Scale
40. A rounded interior blend between two surfaces. Some uses are to strengthen joining surfaces or to allow a part to be removed from a mold.
Feature
Specification
Fillet
Construction Line
41. Circles or arcs that share the same center.
Extend
Trim
Line Conventions
Concentric
42. Placed directly on a feature to identify a specific size or may be connected to a feature in the form of a note.
Object Line
Leader Line
Size Dimension
Extend
43. A cylindrical recess around a hole - usually to receive a bolt head or nut.
Parallel
CAD (Computer-Aided Design)
Rotation
Counterbore
44. A sequential record of the construction steps in a 3D modeling program
Browser
Concentric
CAD (Computer-Aided Design)
Sketch
45. To move in a circle about a central axis.
Two Dimensional (2D)
Depth
Radius
Revolve
46. A triangle that has a 90 degree angle.
Fillet
Trim
Right Triangle
Extend
47. A method of realistic drawing in which the part of an object closest to the viewer is a planar face - and all the lines describing sides perpendicular to that face can be extended back to converge at one point - the vanishing point
Sketch Plane
Geometric Constraints
One-Point Perspective
Scale
48. Designed to be practical and useful.
Polygon
Isometric
Right Triangle
Functional
49. The use of a computer to assist in the process of designing a part - circuit - building - etc.
CAD (Computer-Aided Design)
Perspective Drawing
Geometric Constraints
Browser
50. Make larger in area.
Extend
Line Conventions
Model
Collinear