plan view
Looking straight down
Plan view is the perspective of looking straight down at something from above, as if viewing a map or blueprint.
In architecture and engineering, plan view shows a building's floor layout—walls, rooms, and features as they would appear with the roof removed.
The architect's plan view revealed the awkward traffic flow between kitchen and dining room.
Distinguished from elevation (side view) and section (cutaway view).
- blueprintDetailed technical drawing
- architectural drawingScaled plan of structures
- technical drawingPrecise specification illustration
- overhead shotDownward-facing camera perspective
- footprintMark from stepping
horizontal plane · isometric drawing · aerial perspective · layout · drafting · scale model · building footprint · scale drawing · orthographic · diagram · schematic · rooftop · aerial · outline · scale · survey · architectural · projection
plan viewelevation
Height above reference point
section · cross-section · side view · profile view · isometric view
plan view3D view
Depiction with spatial depth
isometric view · perspective view · perspective drawing · cutaway view · exploded view