True length of a line

• To find the true length of a line, You must

look straight at it (perpendicular/90°)
Locating the line of intersection and dihedral
• A true length line also has to be parallel angle between planes
with the plane it is projected onto.

Line of intersection – is a line

that is common to two planes

Dihedral angle - is the true angle

between two intersecting planes. D
C
Point view of the line
• When you view a line at one point this A B
means that these two connected points H3
H2
appear to us as one single point.
H1
• The dihedral angle of the two
• If you want to see the point view of a line planes can be only found when the
you must look along the line. both planes are viewed as an edge
view at the same time. Dihedral angle
• A point view is projected onto a plane that D1
is perpendicular to the true length of the • To get the dihedral angle of the two
line. planes you must get the point view
of the line that is common to both A1 B1
planes, this is known as the line of
intersection.
True
• This line of intersection must be length
seen as a true length of the line in C1
order to look along the point view
of the line.