Cartesian Co-ordinate System

Who?
A french philosopher and mathematician called Rene Dascartes created 'cartesian co-ordiantes'.

'I think therefore I am'



This quote means  that you think for yourself therefore you are who you are.
Rene Dascartes locked himself in a cabin then studied all the great philosophers there ever was.
 
He as well invented a system of plotting space, which means he invented a system in which people could plot satalites in space.
 
Why?
He created cartesian co-ordinate system so that x and y axis will help to plot co-ordinates therefore you will be able to plot results onto a grid.
 
How?
The x axis is for horizontle and the y axis is for verticle.

The circle in the middle of the lines is called the origin, this is where the co-ordinates (0,0) meet, this is where you start plotting the graph.

 

The third dimention is the Z axis, this axis is for the depth.

 

Viewports

The 4 viewports are:

• Top view - xy
• Left viewport - yz
• Front viewport - xz
• Perspective Viewport - xyz

The purpose of a viewport in 3Ds max is that you can view the creation from different angels therefore can see all of the creation and view it more advanced.

 

Orthographic

An orthographic view is a view in which is view from the Z axis.

As y ou can see in the picture there is a chunk of the cube cut out there fore where the circle is it is measuring the depth