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5.4 Isometric drawings

5.4 Isometric drawings

Isometric paper is made with a grid of equilateral triangles.
You can use isometric paper to draw three-dimensional objects. 4 3
You can also use triangular dot paper.
!is is a sketch of a cuboid. 2
2
!e sides of the cuboid are 2, 3 and 4 units long.

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3

!is is the same cuboid drawn on isometric paper.

!e sides of the cuboid on the isometric
drawing are 2, 3 and 4 units long.

) Exercise 5.4

1 Draw these cuboids on isometric paper.
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a b 3 c 5 5 5
5 3 5 5
5 5
5
2
2
4 2
2 4
2 4
2
2
2
2 1
1
1
2 Draw on isometric paper:
a a cube with side 2 units long b a cube with side 3 units long.

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