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Multiview Drawings
Multiview drawingscomprise the drawingtypes we know as plans,
elevations, and sections. Each is an orthographic pro
jection of a
particular aspect of athree-dimensional object or construction. These
orthographic views are abstract in the sense that they do not match
optical reality.They are aconceptual form of represen
tation based on
what we know about somethingrather thanon the way it might appear
to the eye. In architectural design, multiview drawings establish twodimensional fields on which we are able to study formal and spatial
patterns as well as scalar and proportional relationships ina
composition. The ability to regulate size, placement, and configuration
also makes multiview drawings useful in communicating the graphic
information necessary for the description, fabrication, and
construction of adesign.