Foundation and Higher · elevations

One solid,
three flat views.
Can you draw them?

plan, front, side

two words to know —

Elevation

a flat view from one side

a plan is the view from above

one solid · three views

Plan and elevations

1. Plan: look straight down from above.

2. Front elevation: look from the front.

3. Side elevation: look from the side.

✓ Each column is as tall as its
tallest stack of cubes

three views, three directions —

Plan

from above

Front elevation

from the front

Side elevation

from the side

Draw flat squares, never cubes —
an elevation has no depth.

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