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We have seen that the orthographic projection has the property that parallel lines in three-dimensional space are projected into parallel lines on the view plane. Although very useful, such views do look odd! Our brains are used to the perspective phenomenon of three-dimensional space, and so they attempt to interpret orthographic figures as if they were perspective views. For example, the cubes of figures 9.1 and 10.1 look distorted.
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© 1983 Ian O. Angell and Brian J. Jones
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Angell, I.O., Jones, B.J. (1983). Perspective and Stereoscopic Projections. In: Advanced Graphics with the BBC Model B Microcomputer. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-06766-4_11
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