Why Auxiliary View?

Orthographic projection - The 6 principle views

❑ None of the views shows True Shape of Surface
ABCD
Auxiliary View
– an orthographic view projected onto a plane
other than the principal planes.
To find
• true shape of inclined or
oblique surface.
• true length
• true angle
• shortest distance
• Viewing plane must be
parallel to the surface to
get true size and
shape.
• Projectors must be
perpendicular to plane
How to draw Auxiliary View?

Points to note:
1. Auxiliary Plane placed
parallel to inclined face of
object or perpendicular to
the direction of viewing
(LOS)
2. Projector must be
perpendicular to auxiliary
plane.
3. To draw auxiliary plan –
project from Front View and
transfer distance from Plan
or Side view
AB on Plan View is the True length
for point AB on the Front View.

Note: To draw an Auxiliary Plan

1. Project from FV
2. Transfer vertical distance
from Plan or Side view

Folding Line /
Reference Line /
Datum
Perpendicular
to LOS
Project point AB
perpendicular to
Auxiliary Ref line X’Y’
Transfer the
True length of
point AB from
the Plan to the
Auxiliary View
Transfer the
True length of
point AB from
the Plan to the
Auxiliary View
 Surface ABCD on Auxiliary
View is the True shape of
Similarly for the inclined surface
point DC on
the Front View.
Similarly project all
the other points on
the Front View to
obtain the Auxiliary
Plan
Remember: To draw Aux Plan
1. Project from Front View
2. Transfer vertical
distance from
Datum/Ref Line from
the Plan or Side View
 Reference Plane / Datum
• Instead of using one of the planes of projection, you can use a
reference plane parallel to the plane of projection that touches
or cuts through the object.

• Lengths
perpendicular to
the fold line are
measured relative
to the reference
plane

Non-Symmetrical Object Symmetrical Object

Remember: To draw Aux Elevation Note:
1. Project from Plan Shift the Ref Line / Datum
2. Transfer vertical distance to touch the Front of the
from Datum/Ref Line from object
the Front View ➔Save time in drawing.

Plan

Front View
 LOS

Aux Plane X2’-Y2’ must

be perpendicular to
LOS
Projectors from Plan
must be perpendicular
to aux plane X2’-Y2’
Transfer vertical
dist (True Length)
from Front
Elevation
 Aux Plan
1. Project from Front
2. Transfer vertical
distance from Plan

Aux Elevation
1. Project from Plan
2. Transfer vertical
distance from Front
 Aux Plan
1. Project from Front
2. Transfer vertical
distance from Plan

Aux Elevation
1. Project from Plan
2. Transfer vertical
distance from Front
To draw parallel and perpendicular lines accurately
Line AB is parallel Which view shows the True
to VP Length?

PLAN

FRONT VIEW

True Length
Line AB is at an angle to HP and VP but Parallel to the AUX
VERT PLANE.
Which view shows the True
Length?

True Length
To det TL using Aux View Method
To determine true shape of Oblique Surface
1. Show the oblique surface on an edge
showing the True Length
2. Construct a second auxiliary view to
show true size.

True Length
Plane perpendicular
to TL 12
Edge view of
Surface 123
 Plane
parallel to
surface 123
Edge view of
Plane 123
True Size
To find True Shape of a Plane
To find True Shape of a Plane
To find True Shape of a Plane

TRUE LENGTH
To find True Shape of a Plane

4.True
Shape
1. True Length of ABC
of AD

3.Edge View
of ABC

2.Ref Line must be

Perpendicular to
True length of AD
1(B)THE FRONT ELEVATION AND
PLAN OF TWO PLANES A-B-C AMD A-
B-D AS SHOWN IN FIGURE 1(B) IS
GIVEN IN THIRD ANGLE
PROJECTION. USING THE EDGE
VIEW METHOD, DRAW AND THEN
MEASURE THE TRUE ANGLE
BETWEEN THE PLANES. ALSO,
DRAW THE TRUE SHAPE OF PLANE
A-B-C (MP2011_0910S2)
TRUE LENGTH OF
AB
Point on point view