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orthographic projection [¦ȯr·thə¦graf·ik prə′jek·shən] (crystallography) A projection for displaying the poles of a crystal in which the poles are projected from a reference sphere onto an equatorial plane by dropping perpendiculars from the poles to the plane. (graphic arts) (mapping) A perspective azimuthal projection of one hemisphere produced by straight parallel lines from any point desired from an infinite distance; it is true to scale at the center only. (mathematics) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Scarpa condenses conventional categories -- sketch, working, shop and presentation drawings -- onto single sheets with meticulously drafted orthographic projections worked and reworked in many freehand layers and surrounded by sketches of perspective views and construction details. As chapter two shifts to twentieth-century debates about modernism and the fragmentation of form, the reader, grounded in the historical analysis of orthographic projection, encounters a perceptive appraisal of post-humanist architecture and deconstructionist theory that recalls the Wolfflin/Wittkower "concordance. Mylar film or drafting vellum can be used to draw orthographic projections of the casting to better visualize all elevations. |
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