Vanishing point is below the horizon line, its vanishing lines angle up to the horizon line. If the object is above, they slope down. All vanishing lines end at the horizon line. 1. Projections of two sets of parallel lines lying in some plane appear to converge, i.e. the vanishing point associated with that pair, on a horizon line, or vanishing line formed by the intersection of the image plane with the plane parallel to and passing through the pinhole. Proof: Consider the ground plane , as which is, for the sake of simplicity, orthogonal to the image plane. Also, consider a
Distance from a point to a line length of this projection is given by: Now, thus Since "Q" is a point on the line, formula_27, and so, It is possible to produce another expression to find the shortest distance of a point to a line. This derivation also requires that the line is not vertical or horizontal. The point P is given with coordinates (formula_29). The equation of a line is given by formula_30. The equation of the normal of that line which passes through the point P is given formula_31. The point at which these two lines intersect is the closest point on the original line