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"esquema volumétrico"

English translation: three-dimensional drawing

09:25 May 18, 2010
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / Drawing the human body
Spanish term or phrase: "esquema volumétrico"
Hi,
I am translating a step-by-step guide to drawing the human body. After the initial "esquema básico" of the body which is just the outline. "Esquema volumétrico" is the stage where they add volume to the body through the use of different shapes, cylinders, ovals...

E.G.

"En este paso convertiremos el esquema básico que hemos dibujado anteriormente en un esquema volumétrico. Utilizamos formas anchas para representar la fuerte musculatura de nuestro jugador de fútbol americano."

Up to now i have tried to avoid using a specific term and have used (as an example) "now we will add volume to our outline".
Is there a more specific term? As they constantly refer to this "Esquema volumétrico"

Thank you
Karlameen
English translation:three-dimensional drawing
Explanation:
convert the basic outline into a three-dimensional drawing.

I think most how-to-sketch books would refer to it in this way in English.

see
http://drawsketch.about.com/cs/drawinglessons/a/firstdrawing...
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4 +2volumetric diagram
neilmac
3 +2three-dimensional drawing
Evans (X)
3volumetric anatomical model
Bubo Coroman (X)
3volumetric representation / modelling
Jim Tucker (X)


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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
volumetric diagram


Explanation:
or "volume diagram":
http://www.google.es/search?hl=en&q=human body volume diagra...

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esquema m
1 a (croquis) sketch, diagram

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Note added at 13 mins (2010-05-18 09:38:52 GMT)
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I fail to understand the reluctance to render the term "diagram" as used in the text.

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Note added at 14 mins (2010-05-18 09:40:02 GMT)
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diagram: a schematic or technical drawing that shows ... how something is constructed (in this case, the human body)

neilmac
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agree  Bubo Coroman (X)
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agree  liz askew: Life Drawing I Syllabus Week 6, Continue volumetric drawing using mass lines to give the illusion of form through linear shading, cross hatching and cross contour ... www.austincc.edu/djaques/lifedrawsyl.html - Cached - Similar
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55 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
three-dimensional drawing


Explanation:
convert the basic outline into a three-dimensional drawing.

I think most how-to-sketch books would refer to it in this way in English.

see
http://drawsketch.about.com/cs/drawinglessons/a/firstdrawing...

Evans (X)
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agree  amendozachisum: agree and it is not formal
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agree  Andrew Langdon-Davies (X)
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  -> thanks, Andrew
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
\"esquema volumétrico\"
volumetric anatomical model


Explanation:
Example:

This software is based [1] on the principles of ***volumetric anatomy*** [2] which uses three intersecting coordinate planes to locate the organs of the human body based on mathematical calculations. This is in contrast to the traditional method of describing the location of the organs in relation to one another.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_Indiana

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the reason I suggested "model" to translate "esquema" is that "volumetric" implies three-dimensional drawing.

you wouldn't have to write "volumetric anatomical model" every time, you can shorten it to "volumetric model".

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what I mean is, although the drawing itself will be two-dimensional (flat), the figure will appear to be a "model" because of the drawing techniques used: perspective, planes...

Bubo Coroman (X)
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volumetric representation / modelling


Explanation:
Perhaps "esquema" refers not to an individual drawing or diagram, but to the act of diagramming, the approach to creating such diagrams.

Jim Tucker (X)
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