Concept · 3 steps · NESA MA4-VOL-C-01

Views of Prisms and Solids

How do you draw a 3D thing on a flat page? You don't — you draw the three flat shapes you'd see from the front, the side and the top. Get this and building prisms (and their volume) gets a whole lot easier.

1Where it comes fromA solid is described by its flat views. Spin one and peel off each face. 2How to do itMatch the solid to its front, side and top view — with a new-solid generator. 3Where it gets trickyHidden edges, and why one view is never enough to be sure.

← This concept rests on

Area of a Rectangle
2D Shapes and Their Properties

→ It unlocks

Volume of a Prism
Nets of Solids