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Chapter 10

Basic Descriptive Geometry

TermDefinition
Descriptive geometry is one of the methods a designer uses to solve a problem.
Slope is its angle from the horizontal references planes.
Normal line is one that is perpendicular to one of the three reference planes.
Bearing is an angle line that makes it look in the top view with a north-south line.
Azimuth is a measurement that defines the direction of a line off a due north.
Grade is a percentage by which land slope is known as.
Level line is a line that is horizontal in the vertical projection.
Frontal line is a line that is parallel to the vertical plane.
Profile Line is a parallel reference plane.
Skew line is two lines that are not paralleled do not intersect.
Piercing Points is a line that does not lie in a plane and is not parallel to it, the line m
Dihedral angle is and only can be measured in the point view of the intersections.
User coordinate system that is user-defined to the orientation of the X, Y, Z axes of the coordinate system.
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