Do You Make A Vertical Profile (/Blueprint) For A ROLLER COASTER – -?
Technical drawings are often called blueprints; although the process to make blueprints hasn’t been used in 60 years. To plan a Roller Coaster you will need to draw a orthographic or top view which you could call a “blueprint.” and then you would need an elevation or profile view for each arc. The viewpoint for the orthographic view is over head. The viewpoint for the profile views would be at 90 degrees as if you were at ground level looking at the side of the roller coaster. The proper way to depict it would be to have one plan for the entire coaster with dimensions and elevations marked on it. Then take each loop, arc or feature and run a straight line through it that would cut it in half. This is you drawing plane. You would draw a top view of that part of the plan and right under that part would be your profile drawing. The profile drawing would show the elevations and you can match them up with the part of the entire plan. In this way you can graphically show where each point is
