Projection of Lines

1. PROJECTION OF LINES
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Notations used for Straight Line
True length of the line:
Denoted by Capital letters. e.g. AB=100 mm, means that true length of the line is
100 mm.
Front View Length:
Denoted by small letters. e.g. a’b’=70 mm, means that Front View Length is 70 mm.
Top View Length:
Denoted by small letters. e.g. ab=80 mm, means that Top View Length is 80 mm.
End Projector Distance:
It is the distance between two projectors passing through end points of F.V. & T.V.
measured parallel to XY line.

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Inclination of Front View Length with XY :
It is denoted by α. e.g. Inclination of the Front View of the line with XY is given as
50º means that α = 50º.
Inclination of True Length of Line with V.P.:
It is denoted by Φ. e.g. Inclination of the line with V.P. is given as 40º means that Φ
= 40º.
Inclination of True Length of Line with H.P.:
It is denoted by θ. e.g. Inclination of the line with H.P. (or Ground) is given as 30º
means that θ = 30º.
Inclination of Top View Length with XY :
It is denoted by β. e.g. Inclination of the Top View of the line with XY is given as
30º means that β = 30º.

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X
Y
X
Y
b’
a’
b
a
a,b
a’
b’
B
A
TV
FV
A
B
X Y
H.P.
V.P.
a’
b’
a b
FV
TV
X Y
H.P.
V.P.
a b
a’ b’FV
TV
For TV
For TV
FV is a vertical line
showing True Length &
TV is a point.
FV & TV both are
// to xy & both show
T. L.
1.
2.
A Line
perpendicular
to H.P.
&
// to V.P.
A Line
// to H.P.
&
// to V.P.
Orthographic Pattern
Orthographic Pattern
(Pictorial Presentation)
(Pictorial Presentation)

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A Line inclined to H.P.
and
parallel to V.P.
(Pictorial presentation)
X
Y
A
B
b’
a’
b
a


A Line inclined to V.P.
and
parallel to H.P.
(Pictorial presentation)
Ø
a b
a’
b’
BA
Ø
X Y
H.P.
V.P.
T.V.
a b
a’
b’

X Y
H.P.
V.P.
Øa
b
a’ b’
TV
FV
TV inclined to xy
showing T.L & FV
parallel to xy.
3.
4.
FV inclined to xy showing
T.L & TV parallel to xy.
Orthographic Projections
True Length
True Length

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X
Y
a’
b’
a b
B
A


For TV
T.V.
X
Y
a’
b’
a b


T.V.
For TV
B
A
X Y


H.P.
V.P.
a
b
FV
TV
a’
b’
A Line inclined to both
H.P. and V.P.
(Pictorial presentation)
5.
Note These Facts:-
Both FV & TV are inclined to xy.
(No view is parallel to xy)
Both FV & TV are reduced lengths.
(No view shows True Length)
Orthographic Projections
FV is seen on V.P. clearly.
To see TV clearly, H.P. is
rotated 900 downwards,
Hence it comes below xy.
On removal of object
i.e. Line AB
FV as a image on V.P.
TV as a image on H.P,
NOTE: a and b are NOT
the true angles
(inclinations) of the line
with the planes

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Line in Different Positions with respect to H.P. & V.P.
CLASS A: Line perpendicular to (or in) one reference plane & hence parallel to
both the other planes
(1) Line perpendicular to P.P. & (hence) parallel to both H.P. & V.P.
(2) Line perpendicular to V.P. & (hence) parallel to both H.P. & P.P.
(3) Line perpendicular to H.P. & (hence) parallel to both V.P. & P.P.

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CLASS B: Line parallel to (or in) one reference plane & inclined to other two
planes
(1) Line parallel to ( or in) V.P. & inclined to H.P. by .
(2) Line parallel to ( or in) H.P. & inclined to V.P. by .
(3) Line parallel to ( or in) P.P. & inclined to H.P. by  & V.P. by .
Line in Different Positions with respect to H.P. & V.P.

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CLASS C: Line inclined to all three reference planes ( Oblique lines )
Line inclined to H.P. by , to V.P. by  and also inclined to profile plane.
Line in Different Positions with respect to H.P. & V.P.

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SR.NO POSITION OF LINE FRONT VIEW TOP VIEW
1
LINE PERPENDICULAR TO H.P AND
PARALLEL TO V.P
VERTICAL LINE
SHOWING T.L
POINT
2
LINE PERPENDICULAR TO V.P AND
PARALLEL TO H.P
POINT
VERTICAL LINE
SHOWING T.L
3 LINE PARALLEL TO BOTH V.P & H.P
HORIZONTAL LINE
PARALLEL TO XY
SHOWING T.L
HORIZONTAL LINE
PARALLEL TO XY
SHOWING T.L
4
LINE PARALLEL TO H.P AND INCLINED
TO V.P AT ANGLE “Ѳ”
LINE PARALLEL TO XY
WITH APPARENT
LENGTH
INCLINED LINE
SHOWING TRUE LENGTH
5
LINE PARALLEL TO V.P AND INCLINED TO
H.P AT ANGLE“Ѳ”
INCLINED LINE
SHOWING TRUE LENGTH
LINE PARALLEL TO XY
WITH APPARENT
LENGTH
6
LINE INCLINED TO V.P AT ANGLE “Ø”
AND INCLINED TO H.P AT ANGLE“Ѳ”
INCLINED LINE
SHOWING APPARENT
LENGTH
INCLINED LINE
SHOWING APPARENT
LENGTH

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PROBLEM 1:-
A Line AB, 90 mm long, is inclined to H.P. by 30° and inclined to V.P.
by 45º. The line is in first quadrant with Point A 15 mm above H.P. and 25
mm in front of V.P. Draw the projection of line AB.

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Φ
α
β
a’
a
b’ b1’
Y
X
b
b2
θ
Locus of b’
Locus of b
Data Given :-
(1) T.L.=90 mm
(2) Θ =30°
(3) Φ =45°
(4) Point A
15 above H.P.
25 mm in Front
of V.P.
Answers :-
(1) F.V.= 64 mm
(2) T.V = 78 mm
(3) α = 45°
(4)  = 55°
b2’
b1
.
. Locus of a’
Locus of a

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PROBLEM 2:-
Line AB is 75 mm long and it is 30o & 40o inclined to HP & VP
respectively. End A is 12 mm above HP and 10 mm in front of VP. Draw
projections. Line is in 1st quadrant.

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a'
b'
a
b
X Y
b2’
b1
Ø
α
TL
FV
TV
b2
Locus of b’
Locus of b

TL
b1’
Locus of a’
Locus of a

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PROBLEM 3:-
F.V of line AB is 50o inclined to XY and measures 55 mm long,
while it’s TV is 60o inclined to XY line. If end A is 10 mm above HP and
15 mm in front of VP, draw it’s projections, find True Length,
inclinations of line with Hp & Vp.

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X
a'
Y
a
b'
500
b
600
b1
b1’

 b2
b2’
Locus of b’
Locus of b
Locus of a’
Locus of a

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PROBLEM 4:-
Line AB is 75 mm long .It’s FV and TV measure 50 mm & 60
mm long respectively. End A is 10 mm above HP and 15 mm in front
of VP. Draw projections of line AB if end B is in first quadrant.
Find angle with HP and VP.

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X Y
a'
a
b’
b1
b2'
b


b2
b1' Locus of b’
Locus of b
Locus of a
Locus of a’

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PROBLEM 5:-
T.V. of a 75 mm long Line CD, measures 50 mm. End C is in HP
and 50 mm in front of VP. End D is 15 mm in front of VP and it is
above HP. Draw projections of CD and find angles with HP and VP.

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X Y
c'
c
Locus of d
d d1
d’


Locus of d’d1’
d2’
Locus of c
Locus of c’

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PROBLEM 6:-
The top view of a 75mm long line CD measures 50 mm. C is 50
mm in front of the VP & 15mm below the HP. D is 15 mm in front of the
VP & is above the HP. Draw the FV of CD & find its inclinations with
the HP and the VP.

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X Y
15
50
c’
c
Locus of c’d
d1
d1’d’
Ø=48°
Ans: Ø=48°
d2
θ=28°
Ans: θ=28°
Locus of d’
Locus of c
Locus of d

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PROBLEM 7:-
A line PQ 100 mm long is inclined at 30º to the H.P. and at 45º
to the V.P. Its mid point is in the V.P. and 20 mm above the H.P. Draw
its projections, if its end P is in the third quadrant and Q is in the
first quadrant.

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X Y
20
m’
m
30°
q1’
p1’
q2
p2
q2’
q’
p’
q
p
q2
p1
p2’
45°

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TRACES OF A LINE
Definition: When a line is inclined to a plane, it will meet that plane, produced if
necessary. The point where the line or line produced meets the plane is
called trace.
Horizontal Trace: The point of intersection of the inclined line with the H.P. is
called Horizontal Trace or simply H.T.
A line itself or it’s extension, where ever touches H.P., That point is called
trace of the line on H.P. ( It is called H.T.)
H.T.:- It is a point on HP.
It’s FV comes on XY line (point h).

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Similarly, a line itself or it’s extension, where ever touches V.P., That point is
called trace of the line on V.P.( It is called V.T.)
Traces of A line
Vertical Trace: The point of intersection of the inclined line with the V.P. is called
Vertical Trace or simply V.T.
V.T.:- It is a point on VP.
It’s TV comes on XY line (point V).

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1. Begin with FV. Extend FV up to XY line.
2. Name this point h
( as it is a FV of a point in HP)
3. Draw one projector from h’.
4. Now extend TV to meet this projector.
This point is HT
STEPS TO LOCATE HT.
(WHEN PROJECTIONS ARE GIVEN.)
1. Begin with TV. Extend TV up to XY line.
2. Name this point v
( as it is a TV of a point in VP)
3. Draw one projector from v.
4. Now extend Fv to meet this projector.
This point is VT
STEPS TO LOCATE VT.
(WHEN PROJECTIONS ARE GIVEN.)
h
HTVT
v
a’
x y
a
b’
b
Observe & note :-
1. Points h & v always on x-y line.
2. VT & v always on one projector.
3. HT & h always on one projector.
4. FV - h- VT always co-linear.
5. TV - v - HT always co-linear.

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PROBLEM 8:-
Point A of a line AB is 15mm above the H. R. P. and 20mm in
front of the F. R. P. and the point B is 50mm above H. R. P. and 75mm
in front of the F. R. P. If the projections through A and B are 50mm
apart, complete the projections of AB, determine the H.T., V.T., the
true inclinations of the line with F. R. P. and with H. R. P.

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a'
X Y
a
15
20
50
50
b'
75
b1’
b1
θ α
Φ β
h’
HT
v
VT
’
b
θ: True inclination of the line
with HP = 24º
α : Inclination of FV of the
line with HP/ XY
Ø: True inclination of the line
with VP = 41º
β : Inclination of TV of the
line with VP/ XY
b2’
b2
H.T. : Behind the F.R.P.
V.T. : Above the H.R.P.
15
20
50
50
75

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PROBLEM 9:
A line AB, 70mm long, has its end A 15mm above HP and
20mm in front of VP. It is inclined at 30° to HP and 45°to VP.
Draw its projections and mark its traces.

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X Y
15
a’
20
b1’
a
b2
30°
45°
b1
b
b’
b2’
h’
HT
v
VT’

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PROBLEM 10:
The projectors of the ends of a line AB are 50mm apart.
The end A is 20mm above the H.P and 30mm in front of V.P. The
end B is 10mm below H.P. and 40mm behind the V.P. Determine
the true length and traces of AB, and its inclination with the two
planes

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X Y
50
20
a’
30
a
40
b
10
b’
b1
Ans. θ=20º
20º
b2’
b2
50º
Ans. Ø=50º
h’
HT
v
VT’

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PROBLEM 11:
One end of line AB is 10mm above Hp and other end is 100 mm
in-front of V.P. It’s FV is 45° inclined to XY while it’s HT & VT are
45mm and 30 mm below XY respectively. Draw projections and find TL
with it’s inclinations with H.P. & V.P.

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a’
b’
30
45
10
LOCUS OF b’ & b’1
X Y
450
VT’
v
HT
h’
LOCUS OF b & b1
100
a
b
b’1


b1

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PROBLEM 12:
A line AB, inclined at 40º to the V.P. has its end 50mm and 20mm
above the H.P. the length of its front view is 65mm and its V.T. is
10mm above the H.P. determine .the true length of AB its inclination
with the H.P. and its H.T.

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X Y
50 b’
20
a’
10
VT’
h’
b2’
v40º
b2
b
a
b1
b1’
21º HT
Ans:
TL = 85 mm,
θ = 21º
HT is 17 mm behind VP

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PROBLEM 13:
The projectors drawn from VT & end A of line AB are
40mm apart. End A is 15mm above H.P. and 25 mm in front of V.P.
VT of line is 20 mm below H.P. If line is 75mm long, draw it’s
projections, find inclinations with H.P. & V.P.

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X Y
40mm
15
20
25
v
VT’
a’
a
a1’
b1’
b’
b b1



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Shortest distance between Point and Line

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PROBLEM : 14
Find out the shortest distance of point P from Line AB. Complete the
projections. If A(10,20,70), B(65,10,60) and P(50,35,55).

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a’
b’
a
p’
p
Shortest distance between the
point and line in True Length
Point
Point view of line
TO OBTAIN THE SHORTEST DISTANCE
BETWEEN A POINT AND A LINE
Obtain the true length (shown in red) of a line
by drawing the primary auxiliary view of the line
with the reference line parallel to the original
view and project the point also into the view
Draw the point view of the line by obtaining the
secondary auxiliary view of the line with the
reference line perpendicular to the line
The distance from the point view of the line to
the point is the shortest distance between the
line and point
a2, b2
p2
T
F
x
x1
y1
y2
y
b
a1
p1
b1

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a
b
a’
p
p’
b2’
p2’
T
F
X Y
b’
a1’ b1’
p1
a1
b1
a2’
Shortest distance between the
point and line in True LengthPoint view of line

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Projections of Perpendicular Line

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PROBLEM 15:
Line PQ is perpendicular to line AB. End Q of line PQ is on AB. Complete
the projections. If A(10,20,70), B(65,10,60) and P(50,35,55).

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a’
b’
a
p’
p
T
F
x
x1
y1
y
b
a1
p1
b1q1
Point on line at
shortest distance
q
q’

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a
b
a’
p
p’
T
F
X Y
b’
a1’ b1’
p1
a1
b1
H.P.
V.P.
q1
q’
q

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Projection of Lines
Projection of intersecting lines
When the lines are intersecting, the point of intersection lies on both the lines
and hence these lines have no shortest distance between them.

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Projection of Lines
PROBLEM 16:
Determine the angle of intersection between Line AB and Line CD. if
A(25, 30, 55), B(65, 05, 90), C(10, 15, 75), and D(50, 40, y2)

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Primary
Auxilary
View
Parallel
True length
x1
y1
a1
b1
c1 d1
T
F
TRUE LENGTH OF
BOTH LINES
True Angle between
the two lines
x y
a’
a
c’ b’
b
d’
c
d
x2
a2 ,b2
c2
Point view of
one line SECONDARY AUXILIARY VIEW
d2
TERTIARY AUXILIARY VIEW
Parallel
x3
y3
b3
a3
c3
d3

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X
a’
a
c’
b’
b
d’
c
d a1
b1
c1
d1
c2’
b2’
a2’
d2’
c3
d3
a3
b3
True length of
both lines
True Angle
between the
two lines
Y
Angle between the line AB and line CD is 93°
Point view of
one line AB
True length

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PROBLEM 17:
Find the angle between two intersecting lines AB and CD, if A(30,30,60),
B(70,45,80), C(20,40,80) and D(65, 30, y2).

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Problem 18:
Find the angle between EF and FG if E(15, 10, 55), G(75, 40, 90),
and F(40, 40, 50)

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Projection of Lines
Projections of skew lines
Non-parallel and non-intersecting lines are called Skew Lines.
The parallel lines and the skew lines have a shortest distance between them.

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Problem 19:
Find the shortest distance between AB and CD lines if A(10, 25,
60), B(50, 45, 70), C(10, 10, 75), and D(50, 05, 60).

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a
a’
b
b’
d’
c’
d
c
b2
a2
d2, c2
•Find the true length of one of the lines and
project its point view using auxiliary plane
method
•Project the other line also in each view
•The perpendicular distance between the
point view of one line and the other line is
the required shortest distance between the
two lines
Required distance
* Point can be projected back into the
other planes
T
F
Primary auxiliary view
Secondary auxiliary view
DISTANCE BETWEEN 2 LINES
a1
c1
d1TL
X1
Y1
X2
Y2
Parallel
Perpendicular

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Projections of Parallel lines

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PROBLEM 20:
Line CD 40mm long is parallel to AB and 20mm away from it. Complete the
projections of line CD. A(20, 10, 55), C(10, 10, y2), B(55, 45, 90)

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F
X Y
T
X1
Y1
a
a'
b
b'
c1
X2
Y2
c
c'
b2
b1
a2
a1
d2
d1
c2
d'
d
Parallel
Perpendicular
Primary
Auxiliary
View

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Problem 21:
AB and CD are parallel to each other. Complete the projections of
line AB, if it is 25 mm away from CD. Length of AB= 35 mm A(30, 10, z),
C(15, 25, 55), D(55, 45, 75)

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Problem 22:
Line makes 30º with FRP and its TL is 30mm. It is parallel to AB
and 15 mm away from it. Draw the projections of CD if A(10, 50, 65), B(60,
y1, 80), C(20, y1, 80).

71. PROJECTION OF LINES
SH 1132 Engineering Graphics F.Y. B. Tech.
PROJECTIONS OF
STRAIGHT LINES