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Isometric : from Ancient Greek ἰ σομέτρητος (isométrētos, “equal in measure”), from ἴ σος (ísos, “equal”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”).  There is a certain elegance to isometric drawings.  What seems two-dimensional… …can suggest something else. And with a little shading… …and turning… …can look like the real thing. And you can use that cube… …to construct a cylinder. And using a cylinder in a cube… …rotated 90 degrees into each cube face… …gives you a sphere with the same diameter as the cylinder.  _________________________________________________ And what is this elegant technique good for? Let’s take a look. In Joseph Gwilt's Civil Architecture , from 1825, we find a proportion study of Amien Cathedral in isometric form. The view is perfect for comparing the three-dimensional modularity of the cathedral’s structure. Auguste Choisy was a professor of architecture at the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, in Paris, from 1877 to 1901. He was an authority on ancient ...