Three-dimensional objects can be represented with the side elevation, front elevation, and top elevation (called plan) clearly indicated on a two-dimensional surface. We can then ask about the view from each of these elevations.
Consider this solid formed from cubes:
What is the front view?
Consider this solid formed from cubes:
Which of the following diagrams represents the plan view?
Which of the following diagrams represents the side view?
Which of the following diagrams represents the front view?
Three-dimensional objects can be represented with the side elevation, front elevation, and top elevation (called plan):
Since the 2D views of a solid only show what the solid looks like directly from one angle, these views cannot show depth like how a 3D view can.
A 2D view might also show a side that we can't see from the 3D view.
Choose the solid that would have this front view:
When looking at a prism, we can look at the prism from a 3D view or from one of the 2D views.
The 2D views show what the solid looks like when viewed directly from the front, side or top.