Template set for drawing three-dimensional shapes
OwnerAlfred Goldmaninventor
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Abstract
A template set includes a first template for drawing the contour of a three-dimensional shape and a second template for drawing the visible and invisible edges of the three-dimensional shape. The first template has a plurality of apertures, wherein each aperture has a periphery circumscribing an area, the periphery representing the contour of a pictorial representation of a three-dimensional shape. The second template has a plurality of sets of linear apertures, wherein each set of linear apertures corresponds to a respective aperture in the first template. The linear apertures include continuous linear apertures which are used to draw solid lines representing visible edges within the contour, and intermittent linear apertures which are used to draw dashed lines representing hidden edges within the contour.
Claims12
A template set for drawing a view of a three-dimensional shape, the view having solid lines representing the contour and visible edges of the shape, the template set comprising:
- a first template having at least one first aperture, each said at least one first aperture having a periphery circumscribing an area, the periphery representing the contour of a two-dimensional projection of a three-dimensional shape to be drawn, and
- a second template having at least one set of linear apertures falling with the area of a respective one of said at least one first aperture in the first template, each said set of linear apertures comprising at least one substantially continuous linear aperture corresponding to a visible edge of the three-dimensional shape to be drawn, whereby,
- a view of the tree-dimensional shape can be drawn by using said at least one first aperture in the first template to draw the contour of the two-dimensional projection of the three-dimensional shape, aligning the corresponding set of linear apertures of the second template within the contour, and using the at least one continuous linear aperture to draw at least one solid line representing at least one visible edge of the three-dimensional shape.
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