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Junior Cycle Graphics: Auxiliary views & true shape

How often Auxiliary views & true shape comes up on the Graphics papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

CL Asked on 5 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker

Auxiliary views & true shape, Common Level(9 marks)

Quick ones on Auxiliary views & true shape.

(a)A flat surface is parallel to the vertical plane. How does it appear in the elevation?
  1. As a single line
  2. At its true shape
  3. Smaller than true shape
(b)Why do some surfaces need an auxiliary view?
  1. They are too small to show in the main views
  2. They are hidden behind other faces in plan
  3. They slope, so no main view shows true shape
(c)A sloping surface shows as a line in elevation. How is its true shape found?
  1. Project at 90° to that line
  2. Measure it in the end view
  3. Project straight down to the plan
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(a) At its true shape

(b) They slope, so no main view shows true shape

(c) Project at 90° to that line

Your turn: Common Level questions on Auxiliary views & true shape.

Common Level

Asked on 5 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Q3e
2025Q2b, Q3f
2024Q3d
2023Q3d
2022Q3e

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

More Auxiliary views & true shape questions

Auxiliary views & true shape, 3 marks

An auxiliary view is projected from the elevation. Its distances from X1Y1 are taken from?

  1. The elevation
  2. The pictorial
  3. The plan
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The plan

The new view looks from a new direction, but each point's distance from the vertical plane does not change. Measure it from X–Y in the plan and set it out from X1Y1.

Auxiliary views & true shape, 3 marks

An upright square prism is cut right across by a plane seen as a sloping line in elevation. True shape of the cut?

  1. A triangle
  2. A rectangle
  3. A square
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A rectangle

Across the prism the cut is still the square's width, but along the slope it is longer than the side. So the true shape is a rectangle, found with an auxiliary view.

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