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4:07 PM, Friday March 8th 2024

That side would be correct if I was trying to draw that cube from a top view. But it’s not it’s meant to be viewed from the top. I drew it to be viewed from a bottom view. Which is why the lines are extended the way that they are and why it’s shaded the way that it is. It just gives the illusion that it’s drawn from that top view because we have to draw through the boxes. The top square of cube 8 is not the side facing the viewer it’s the transparent back of the cube. The bottom square of cube 8 is the side that is facing the view..

4:22 PM, Friday March 8th 2024

https://imgur.com/a/foD8Fs6

This is what 3 and 8 would look like if they where not drawn through.

8:53 PM, Friday March 8th 2024

Ohhhh, I understand now! I should have looked at how the lines were converging. I'm sorry I wasn't getting it at first. You should shade the side that faces the viewer; that's how to easily tell how we're supposed to see it. That said, even looking from a top view, the lines are still extended in the wrong direction

9:07 PM, Friday March 8th 2024

https://imgur.com/a/mPZgcr2

It should look like that

8:36 PM, Sunday March 10th 2024

No it shouldn’t. That is the back of the box that you shaded. The box is supposed to be viewed from the bottom. The side you shaded would be invisible to the viewer if not for the x ray vision of the cube. The lines would be extending in the wrong direction if it were from a top view I agree. But agin this cube was draw to be from a bottom view which would make the lines correct.

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