3rd Year Assigned

principle for
resource project

Locating the edge view of

a surface by getting a point
view of an edge on the surface
Learning intentions:
• To be able to understand how a flat surface appears when looking at it
along an edge.
• To project points from both the plan and elevation to give the true
length of an edge.
• How to determine the true length of a line
• How to tell the difference between a point view and an edge view.
• Construct an edge view through a point view.
• To construct a model to help understand how flat surfaces can appear
as 2D and a line when looked at from different views vs looking at them
through a point along an edge.
Definition -Edge View of a Line:
• Edge view is a view looking at one side of a plane. Planes in edge
view are shown as lines that are the distances of the edges of the
shape.
• To get edge view you must take a view parallel to a side of a plane.
Then take another view perpendicular to the new line.
• An edge view will appear as one line when looked at through a point
on the plane.
• An edge view is seen when looking along an edge through one point
Looking at an edge through one point:
• When looking at the plane through one point it will still appear as a
line
• The point and edge you look through will show the height of the
shape perpendicularly from the edge you are looking through.
• This view does not give you the true length of the edge.
• The point you look through will represent the edge you are looking
upon.
Finding the true length of the edge:
• One can find the true length of a line if it is perpendicular to the X-Y axis
in both the plan and elevation.
• The true length can also be found by using the rebatement method, this
means that the line must be projected up from plan and intersected
from the lines in elevation.
• The true length of a line will not always be needed to answer the
question. However, if it is we must be aware that the edge line we look
along is not always the true length that we need.
• Construction work to find the true length and finding the edge view
should be done on separate sides of the question to maintain neatness.
Question 1: Locating the
edge view of a surface by
getting a point view of an
edge on the surface.
• Draw the plan & elevation of the flat
object using the coordinates and by
projecting the points from plan and
elevation find the edge view of the
object through a point.
• Coordinates

• Point = X Axis – Y Axis – Z Axis

• A = 50 - 50 - 0

• B = 100 - 100 - 15

• C = 150 - 50 - 0
 B B

AC C
A

X Y

A C
 Question 2 : Locating the edge view of a surface
by getting a point view of an edge on the surface.
• Draw the plan & elevation of the
flat object using the coordinates
and by projecting the points from
plan and elevation find the edge
view of the object through a
point.

• Coordinates

Point = X Axis – Y Axis – Z Axis

A = 50 - 100 - 0

B = 70 - 150 - 20

C = 70 - 100 - 0
 B B

AC A C

X Y

A C
What is a Point View & Edge View
Point View Edge view
• When looking through a point • Edge view is a view looking at one side of
a plane. Planes in edge view are shown as
along a line the object appears as a lines that are the distances of the edges of
line. the shape.
• When looking at a line through one • To get edge view you must take a view
end it appears as a point, This parallel to a side of a plane. Then take
means the direction you are looking another view perpendicular to the new line.
at the line is along the line its self. • An edge view will appear as one line when
looked at through a point on the plane.
• To look at a flat object through a
• An edge view is seen when looking along
point you must also be looking an edge through one point
along an edge.
Edge view is a view looking at one side of a plane. Planes in
edge view are shown as lines that are the distances of the edges
of the shape. To get edge view, take a view parallel to a side of a
plane. Then take another view perpendicular to the new line.
Practical Class Activity:
• My class activity comprises of a model
that the students will have to make to
reinforce their knowledge of how an
edge view is found by looking through
a point of the plane.
• The model will be constructed of
match sticks and glue tack placed on a
sheet of card with a 90 degree bend
and a second sheet placed
perpendicular to the two sheets to
give a representation of how the edge
will appear as a line when looked at
through a point.
• The students will present the plan and
elevation of the question on the
corresponding sides of the sheet
representing the X & Y line and will place
their model in line with both views.
• By looking through a point on the model
the students will then understand how
the edge view is created by looking
through a point on the flat object. The
edge view will then be drawn to show
that the flat object must be lined up with
both the point they are looking through
and the line drawn on the 2nd sheet of
paper.
This class activity will help the students
understanding of how this exercise works.
Can the students use this approach for
How can this model help the students? other questions?
• This will help the students by • Yes the students can use this 3D
giving them a 3D model of how model approach for a number of
the Question actually works. questions to gain a better
• The students can see how each understanding of how different
point is projected. objects appear in different views.
• The model will be able to be • The students can also use this
model to peer teach others in
rotated and looked at from each
their class and can refer back to it
view.
when carrying out the question.
The model is made of
paper, blu tack and tooth
picks.