Ladder

Axonometric — the ladder

One essay so far against this idea. A ladder is the distinct arguments that stand against one idea, and this one has room to grow.
  1. 2 — every orthographic projectionisometric · axonometric 0.816 · 0.816 · 0.8162.0000dimetric · axonometric 0.943 · 0.943 · 0.4712.0000trimetric · axonometric 0.876 · 0.966 · 0.5482.0000cavalier · oblique 1.000 · 1.000 · 1.0003.0000cabinet · oblique 1.000 · 1.000 · 0.5002.2500elevation · orthographic 1.000 · 1.000 · 0.0002.0000isometric's three equal scales are forced to √(2/3) = 0.816497not chosen — the identity leaves no other value

    Which axis scales are possible

    An orthographic projection's three foreshortening ratios always satisfy one identity — their squares sum to two. Isometric's famous 0.8165 is forced by it rather than chosen, and cavalier's 1, 1, 1 sums to three, which is the arithmetic saying cavalier is not the projection of anything.

    rung 4 · parallel

All ladders