Unit 6 Design Vocab.

Specifications

A detailed description or assessment of requirements, dimensions, materials, etc., as of a proposed building, machine, bridge, etc.

Plans

A detailed proposal for doing or achieving something.

Dimensions

A measure of spatial extent, especially width, height, or length

Scale Model

A physical model, a representation or copy of an object that is larger or smaller than the actual size of the object, which seeks to maintain the relative proportions of the physical size of the object.

Drafting

To draw the outlines or plans of ; sketch; the process of representing three-dimensional objects in two dimensions.

Component

A collection of drawing objects defined as a single complex entity.

Three-Dimensional

Describes an image that provides the perception of depth.

Two-Dimensional

Having only two dimensions, especially length and width.

Landscaping

Improves the aesthetic appearance of a piece of land by changing its contours, adding ornamental features and plantings

Computer Aided Design/Drafting (CAD)

Software used in art and architecture and engineering and manufacturing to assist in precision drawing

Breaking Loads

Stress or tension steadily applied and just sufficient to break or rupture

Vertex

The point at which two lines that form an angle meet.

Measurement

The size, length, or amount of something as established by measuring.

Structural weight

The total mass of a completed structure without furnishings, people, or non-architectural objects.

Perspective

The way in which objects appear to the eye based on their spatial attributes.

Prototype

Working models of a new design.