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Orthographic drawings

Scope note

Use for drawings in which the projectors are perpendicular to the plane of projection (drawing surface), that is, a three-dimensional object is shown fully frontally at all points, with no indication of recession into depth.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300034017

Equivalent Terms used

orthographic drawing

Created

13yrs ago

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