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isometric drawing, 2-dimensional orthographic projections, 3-dimensional isometric projection Figure 1: Two techniques of representing an object. (A) Perspective drawing, suggesting that the object is cubical. (B) Orthographic top and front views, revealing that the object is not cubical. Figure 2: Orthographic projections of a three-dimensional object onto vertical and horizontal planes. (A) Object located in the first of four quadrants defined by intersecting planes. (B) Result of rotating the horizontal plane into coincidence with the vertical plane. (C) The same object located in the third quadrant. (D) Result of rotating the horizontal plane as in (B), showing exchanged positions of top and front views.

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Add new Web site: CiteSeerX - 3D Fillet Solid Model Reverse Engineering from 2D Orthographic Projections (PDF). Mar 08, 2025
Add new Web site: Louisiana State University - Department of Mathematics - Orthogonal Projections (PDF). Jan 20, 2025
Add new Web site: IPOL Journal - The Orthographic Projection Model for Pose Calibration of Long Focal Images. Oct 17, 2024
Add new Web site: Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Orthographic Projection and Sectioning. Sep 03, 2024
Add new Web site: University of Washington Pressbooks - Engineering Graphics and Design - Orthographic Projection. Mar 15, 2024
Add new Web site: Workforce LibreTexts - Orthogonal Projection. May 29, 2023
Diagram of orthographic and isometric projections added. Oct 24, 2012
Added new Web site: Carlos A. Furuti Homepage - Orthographic Projection. Feb 15, 2008
Added new Web site: Anthony Rynne - Orthographic Projection. Feb 08, 2008
Added new Web site: The Generic Mapping Tools - Orthographic Projection. Feb 08, 2008
Added new Web site: Wolfram Mathworld - Orthographic Projection. Feb 08, 2008
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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