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Projection of Solids Notes

The document discusses projecting solids in orthographic projection. It introduces solids as three-dimensional objects defined by length, breadth, and height. At least two views - a front view and top view - are needed to represent a solid, with sometimes a third side view required. Solids are classified as either polyhedra, bounded by plane surfaces, or solids of revolution. Polyhedra are further divided into regular polyhedra of identical regular polygons as faces, prisms, or pyramids.

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Projection of Solids Notes

The document discusses projecting solids in orthographic projection. It introduces solids as three-dimensional objects defined by length, breadth, and height. At least two views - a front view and top view - are needed to represent a solid, with sometimes a third side view required. Solids are classified as either polyhedra, bounded by plane surfaces, or solids of revolution. Polyhedra are further divided into regular polyhedra of identical regular polygons as faces, prisms, or pyramids.

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Projections of Solids

Introduction

An object having three dimensions, i.e., length, breadth and height is called as solid. In 
orthographic projection, minimums of two views are necessary to represent a solid. Front view is
used to represent length and height and the top view is used to represent length and breadth. 
Sometimes the above two views are not sufficient to represent the details. So a third view called 
as side view either from left or from right is necessary.

Objectives

At the end of this session, you will be able to
• Classify the different types of solids 
• Draw the projections of solids in various positions in the given quadrant 

Classification of Solids

Solids are classified into two groups. They are
• Polyhedra 
• Solids of Revolution 

Polyhedra

A solid, which is bounded by plane surfaces or faces, is called a polyhedron. Polyhedra 
are classified into three sub groups; these are

1. Regular Polyhedra 
2. Prisms 
3. Pyramids 

Regular Polyhedra

Polyhedra are regular if all their plane surfaces are regular polygons of the same shape and 
size. The regular plane surfaces are called "Faces" and the lines connecting adjacent faces are 
called "edges".

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