A plan consisting of two half transverse elevations or end views of a ship, both having a common vertical centre line, so that the right-hand side represents the ship as seen from ahead, and the left-hand side as seen from astern. On the body plan appear the forms of the various cross sections, the curvature of the deck lines at the side, and the projections, as straight lines of the water lines, the bow and buttock lines, and the diagonal lines.
Iplani eneziphakamisi ezibini zeziqingatha ezinqamlezileyo-okanye iziphelo zendawo ezibonakalayo zenqanawe, Zozibini zinemigca ethe nkqo embindini, ukuze icala elisekunene limele inqanawe njengoko ibonwa ngaphambili, lona icala elisekhohlo njengoko ibonwa ngasemva. Kwiplani yesiqu kubonakala iimo ezahlukeneyo zamacwecwe asikwe ngokunqamlezayo, ubugophe bemigca yomgangatho ecaleni, kunye nezibonisi, njengemigca ethe ngqo yemigca yamanzi, imigca yomphambili neyomva wenqanawe, kunye nemigca exwesileyo.