An elevation drawing is a one dimensional (flat) execution of a portion of a floor plan or architectural rendering of a house plan. It is seen 'head on' or as if you were facing the particular wall or home from the front.
Maps can show elevation with contour lines
It is where the highest point is where the elevation is at and where it starts at
Mount Fuji's elevation is 12,388 feet.
I was always taught that an elevation is looking at the side of something. You can show everything you would see from front to back and can include hidden lines for things behind. A section however is what you would see if you cut an object. You would only show what you can see at the cut line nothing in front and nothing behind. Like most things you can apply a bit of draughting licence. You can deviate from this a little for clarity or other reasons.
Front Elevation, Rear Elevation and Side Elevation.
The front elevation is in the centre in both projections. In 1st angle projection the end elevation is on the opposite side of the front elevation and the plan view is below the front elevation. In 3rd angle projection the plan view is above the front elevation and the end elevations are on the same side as viewed
"Elevation" is an architect's term for what an engineer would call a "side view". So a front elevation would be a front view, etc.Architects use "plan" for what we call "top view".
The name normally given is the front elevation.
Front view = elevation, top view = plan and side view = end elevation
An orthographic view of some vertical feature of a house. (Front, rear, side, interior elevation)
"front elevation" is "plan de façade principale" in French architecture. "plan de façade" is any elevation drawing, "plan de façade arrière" is for the back elevation, "plan de façades latérales" or "plan de pignons" is for the sides. "Plan de façade gauche" is for the left side, "droite" for the right side.
There are two schools of thought regarding elevation views of buildings. Some say that when you are standing to the north of a building, you are looking at the North Elevation, because THAT is the side that is FACING North. Others say that since you are LOOKING to the South, you are looking at the South Elevation. I myself am baffled that there is even this confusion. Consider this. If you are looking at a house and you can see the front door and the front side of the house, you naturally call this the Front Elevation. There is no ambiguity. You wouldn't think to argue that because you are LOOKING in the DIRECTION of the rear of the building, that you are looking at the rear elevation? That would make no sense at all! So why do some then insist that the name of the elevation is based on the direction you are looking? The North Elevation is the North side of the building. That's it, done!
An elevation drawing is a one dimensional (flat) execution of a portion of a floor plan or architectural rendering of a house plan. It is seen 'head on' or as if you were facing the particular wall or home from the front.
It depends upon the context. In mathematics, elevation usually refers to how much something is raised, and the angle of elevation would be the angle between the horizontal and the direct line to the object. In ballistics, elevation is the angle of elevation of mathematics. In architecture, it refers to a vertical aspect of something, e.g. the front elevation of a house would be the vertical front of the house as someone looks at it from the street. In cartography (map making), elevation would usually refer to how high something is above [mean] sea level.
All of the ocean front is zero feet above sea level.
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