Plan view

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Graphical projections Orthographic projection Plan, or floor plan view Section Elevation Axonometric projection Isometric projection Dimetric projection Trimetric projection Axiometric projection Oblique projection, and Perspective projection Cavalier perspective Cabinet perspective Top-down perspective Other views Aerial view Bird's-eye view Map projection Planform Worm's-eye view  This box: view • talk • edit

A plan is an orthographic projection of a 3-dimensional object from the position of a horizontal plane through the object. In orther words, a plan is a section viewed from the top. In such views, the portion of the object in above the plane is omitted to reveal what lies beyond. In the case of a floor plan, the roof and upper portion of the walls may be omitted.

Roof plans are orthographic projections, but they are not sections as their viewing plane is outside of the object.

A plan is a common method of depicting the internal arrangement of a 3-dimensional object in two dimensions. It is often used in technical drawing and is traditionally crosshatched. The style of crosshatching indicates the type of material the section passes through.

[edit] See also

• Descriptive geometry
• Graphical projection
• Orthographic projection
• Plans (drawings)