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What do you call wireframe-like projection images of technical objects?

Like the rocket images below:

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This is not an actual wireframe because empty spaces are not filled with a grid; only notable features are displayed.

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  • Blueprint or diagram would both work.
    – Keavon
    Nov 10, 2014 at 23:17

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Two words: "Technical Drawing".

Simply enter "techical drawing" in the search-box of your favorite search engine. You'll find a whole universe of such "drawings".

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Related to your example: that's a technical drawing comparing Russian rocket type heights. They are drawn according to ISO 128 Technical drawings — General principles of presentation. (In case you're curious, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_drawing has some more info on that.)

example via sciencedirect.com

The above example is from http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0094576509000307 but NASA has some nice technical drawings too (even old ones like http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4308/p256.htm) and don't miss out on historicspacecraft.com which has modern versions including color illustrations based on technical drawings.

example via historicspacecraft.com

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It's merely an Illustration. - Pen & Ink, Line Drawing, etc.

I don't know that I would even go so far as to call it a "technical drawing" since all the technical aspects aren't drawn. It's merely a line drawing.

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    Though it may not be used strictly for engineering purposes, the style is still usually referred to as technical.
    – plainclothes
    Aug 5, 2013 at 16:51
  • I would not call that image a technical drawing. It's simply a line drawing.
    – Scott
    Aug 5, 2013 at 17:16
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    Technical drawings are line drawings executed with a keen eye on scale and usually annotated as such. Within the very broad category of line drawings, the overall style of the OP's example is extremely similar to the sub-category of technical line drawings. How about "technical style"? Agree to disagree perhaps.
    – plainclothes
    Aug 5, 2013 at 17:30
  • You are not going to change my mind, plainclothes. That's simply a line drawing, not a technical drawing.
    – Scott
    Aug 5, 2013 at 17:33
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    I didn't suppose I would ;) I'm just stating my case (and presumably e-sushi's) for the community at large.
    – plainclothes
    Aug 5, 2013 at 17:36

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