[{{ paag_parallel_projection.png|a) picture plane\\ b) top view (plan)\\ c) side view(elevation)\\ d) projection lines}}]
**Parallel Projection** is conceptually a [[perspective projection]] where the station point is infinitely far away, so that all projection lines are parallels.

The parallels emerge from the imagined three dimensional points and fall orthogonally onto the picture plane.

The projected position of a point in the two dimensional plane is located where projection lines from the [[wp>Multiview_projection#Plan|plan]] and the [[wp>Multiview_projection#Elevation|elevation]] intersect.

further reading:
  * [[wp>Parallel_projection|Parallel Projection]]