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Because graphical concepts are often difficult to grasp on a static page, we have developed animations to bring them to life. This site features animations of concepts that appear in each of the three Giesecke texts. Use these aids to help improve your ability to think in three dimensions.

Click below to view an animation relative to a chapter. The animations utilize the Flash plug-in. If you do not have the Flash plug-in, please click here to download it.

All Flash movies will open a new browser window.

Chapter	Description	Chapter	Description
1	Stage of the Design Process	6	Revolved Section
2	Projection Perspective	6	Offset Section
2	Projection Parallel	6	Aligned Section
2	Scale and Projection	7	Unfolding the Glass Aux Box
2	Developing a prism	7	Depth Aux Unfolded
2	Visualizing gemoetric breakdown	7	Height Aux Unfolded
3	Oblique Projection Concept	7	Width Aux Unfolded
3	Perspective Projection Concept	7	Transferring dimensions and glassbox
4	6 Principle Views	7	Sectioning
4	First Angle Projection	7	Cutting planes and sectioning
4	1st and 3rd Angle Symbols	7	Third angle projection
4	Precedence of Lines	7	Projection of a normal surface as an edge
4	Projection and Glass Box Unfolded	7	Projection of a normal surface
4	Third Angle Projection	7	Projection of an inclined surface
4	Using a Miter Line	7	If an edge is perpendicular to a plane of projection, it appears as a point
4	Visualizing oblique projection	7	If an edge (line) is parallel to the plane of projection, it shows true length
4	Projection of a normal surface as an edge	7	If an edge (line) is neither perpendicular nor parallel to the plane of projection, it shows foreshortened
4	Projection of a normal surface	7	Arrows indicate normal surfaces
4	Projection of an inclined surface	7	Inclined surface and edge
4	Arrows indicate normal surfaces	7	Facial, inclines, and oblique surfaces
4	Inclined surface and edge	7	First-angle projection
4	Projection of a normal edge	7	Depth auxillary views
4	True length projection	7	Inclined elliptical surfaces true size
4	Foreshortened projection	7	True length of a line
4	Oblique surfaces	7	Ponit view of a line
5	Missing-line sketching problem	9	Half section
5	Missing-line sketching problem	9	Full section
5	Missing-line sketching problem	9	Revolved section
5	Glass box unfolded	9	Draw revolved section
5	Projecting a curve	11	Drawing screw threads
6	Full section	11	Showing detail thread
6	Visualizing a full section	Appendix A	How to bisect an angle
6	Draw revolved section	Appendix A	Findng the center of a circle
6	Visualizing from given views	Appendix A	Divide a line
6	Slicing a Part	Appendix A	Draw a line through two points
6	Cutting Plane Arrows and Direction	Appendix A	Drawing a curve tangent to three intersecting lines
6	Half Section

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