# What's This Style of Blueprint Called? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 19, 2008, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-style-of-blueprint-called/434193 "2008-01-19T21:49:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-style-of-blueprint-called/434193/1 "2008-01-19T21:49:31Z")
And can anyone point me to a better example of it? The closest example I can find is [this.](http://tuckerfan.googlepages.com/tuckerpr.jpg) The kind I’m looking for, however, has a view of the seats in the vehicle, a human figure in the drivers seat, as well as a shaded representation of the powertrain. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-style-of-blueprint-called/434193/2 "2008-01-19T21:54:07Z")
If it was a building it would be called an elevation. If you want cut-aways, those are just called sections or cross-sections. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-style-of-blueprint-called/434193/3 "2008-01-19T22:00:08Z")
The example in your link is a “three-view”. You’re looking for a “cutaway view”. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-style-of-blueprint-called/434193/4 "2008-01-19T22:39:37Z")
I think you are thinking of a section view. Possible candidates: [#1](http://images.motortrend.com/features/auto_news/2007/112_0710_02z+gordon_murray_design_type_25+proto_drawing.jpg) [#2](http://www.autospectator.com/uploads/ZAP/Concepts/X/zapx_tech_drawing.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-style-of-blueprint-called/434193/5 "2008-01-19T22:41:34Z")
[Also?](http://www.speedace.info/automotive_directory/car_images/lamborghini_countach_section_side.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-style-of-blueprint-called/434193/6 "2008-01-19T22:55:58Z")
Thanks, but those are way too detailed. What I’m looking for is the same kind of simple line drawing as in the illustration I linked to, with a couple more elements added to it. I’m _not_ wanting detailed views of any of the components, just things which suggest them. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2008, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-style-of-blueprint-called/434193/7 "2008-01-20T00:52:16Z")
Ah, that would be an “artist’s conception”, then. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2008, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-style-of-blueprint-called/434193/8 "2008-01-20T03:16:37Z")
Here, vehicle [side view](http://www.peak.org/~innercom/EV/Finalside826x456.gif). Or something like [this](http://intronfilms.com/passagemaker_drawing_small.jpg), except a car not a boat. Searching for “cutaway” gave me [this](http://mymiata.paladinmicro.com/R360Cut.jpg). Seems like sometimes, in the ones I’ve seen, the human figures look like crash dummies or those wooden figures used in art class. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2008, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-style-of-blueprint-called/434193/9 "2008-01-20T05:49:03Z")
[QUOTE=NinetyWt] Here, vehicle [side view](http://www.peak.org/~innercom/EV/Finalside826x456.gif). [/QUOTE] That’s almost exactly what I’m looking for. Other than the human figure being a bit too detailed, it’s it (certainly close enough for my purposes). Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![BrandonR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@BrandonR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrandonR)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2008, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-style-of-blueprint-called/434193/10 "2008-01-20T06:03:37Z")
It’s kinda similar to patent drawings, which I believe are referred to as simply line drawings. Edit: I saw you already mentioned it and called it “simple line drawings.” Oh well, I’ll second that. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2008, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-style-of-blueprint-called/434193/11 "2008-01-20T06:25:43Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] Thanks. [/QUOTE] YVW, I think I know exactly the drawing you mean, with the powertrain shaded in and all. I just couldn’t find a good example of it.