Gaspard Monge

• The first distinct definition of orthographic projection was formulated by the famous Frenchman, Gaspard Monge, in about 1795.
• The first distinct definition of orthographic projection was formulated by the famous Frenchman, Gaspard Monge, in about 1795.

  
• Gaspard Monge is the inventor of modern descriptive geometry and his research in this respect contributed much to the techniques of contemporary engineering drawing.
• Can a three-dimensional object be portrayed accurately on a two- dimensional paper level 1 and how?

  Yes, by using orthographic projection
• Would such drawings be able to be read and understood universally?

  Yes, through the use of standardisation
• Monge did three things:

  1. He defined orthographical viewpoints
  2. He defined orthographic projection
  3. He rejected three-dimensional forms of drawing.
• The whole industrial world of 1850 employed first-angle orthographical projection, with the exception of Holland.
• Holland continued to use third-angle projection.
• What are disadvantages of switching over to orthographical projection?

  The ability to produce a three-dimensional representation gradually fell into disuse.
• One of the main features of industrialization at the beginning of the 20th century was the necessity of standardisation.
• The British engineering standards association was established in England in 1901
• Drawings played a role in the interpretation of the shape and size of the proposed standard objects.
• Gaspard Monge formulated the first distinct definition of orthographic projection in about 1795
• Gaspard Monge started his career as a draftsman, subsequently becoming a mathematician and achieving fame as a professor of descriptive geometry at the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris
• Gaspard Monge is the inventor of modern descriptive geometry and his research in this respect contributed much to the techniques of contemporary engineering drawing
• Gaspard Monge's invention of the orthographic representation while stimulated by the demand for military equipment
• Gaspard Monge hold the office on minister in the government of Napoleon Bonaparte
• Can a three-dimensional object be portrayed accurately on a two-dimensional paper level?

  Yes, the birth of orthographic projection
• Word such drawings be able to be read and understood universally?

  Yes, the birth of international standards
• Gaspard Monge did three things:

  He defined orthographical viewpoints and projection and rejected three-dimensional forms of drawing