Take the 2-minute tour ×  When we always draw e.g. cylinder on
the whiteboard, we get kind of this:  But naturally (assumed
axes are perpendicular) when we have z-axis to the top and
y-axis to the right, x-axis must point to us (from display) like
this:  And when we look from another point so that x-axis is
diagonally and z-axis to the top, then y-axis naturally can't be
horizontal as on first image, it is a bit rotated.  My lecturer
said these are two different kinds of plotting, but could not
remember how are they called.  So here comes the question: what
are the names of both these methods (natural and alternative
plotting) and how to plot correctly in both situations?
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical_projection –  ZulfiqarIII Jan 4
'12 at 20:46  1 Answer 1  up vote 0 down vote accepted
Isometric, Trimetric and Dimetric, these are all standard
projections that are used for industrial purposes. ZulfiqarIII's
link has all the info.  share|improve this answe