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Descriptive geometry investigates and applies mappings of three-dimensional space onto a plane drawing-board. In order to carry over the constructive methods of plane geometry one gives preference to mappings that make lines in space correspond to lines on the drawing-board. In the choice of mappings two requirements have priority: perspicuity and preservation of measurements.
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Gellert, W., Gottwald, S., Hellwich, M., Kästner, H., Küstner, H. (1975). Descriptive geometry. In: Gellert, W., Gottwald, S., Hellwich, M., Kästner, H., Küstner, H. (eds) The VNR Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6982-0_10
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