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Surface Properties
To review information about the selected surface and edit name, layer, plotting style of the surface and contour lines.
- Info tab:
- Edit the Surface Name if required.
- Review extreme surface coordinates and surface area information in 2D and 3D.
- Style tab:
- Define the Layer where the surface resides. Select an existing layer quickly from the drop-down list or click
to open the Layers dialog and manage current job's layers.
- Click the Color button to open the Select Color dialog, where you can select a color for the surface wireframe drawing on 2D map.
Note: Choose the representation style of surfaces in 3D maps in the 3D tab of the Map Properties dialog.
- Contours tab:
- The Elevation list on the left contains height values where surface contours were generated. The list is empty if the contours do not exist.
- The preview panel on the right displays the surface contour lines drawn at highlighted elevation(s) in the horizontal plane.
- Click the Calculate button to open the Contour Interval tab of the Contour Surface dialog and generate new contours for the selected surface.
Note: After generating new contours for the selected surface, the currently existing contours are automatically deleted.
- Click the Delete button to erase highlighted contour(s).
- Click the Change Style button to open the Contour Style dialog and change the layer and plotting style of highlighted contour(s).
Note: To apply a single style to all contours of the selected surface, click the Select All button, then the Change Style button.
- Click the Select All button to highlight all the contours in the list. Use context menu in the list to highlight multiple contours:
- Select All - highlights all the contours from the list.
- Select All Below - highlights a currently highlighted contour and all the contours in the list displayed below.
- Select Multiple - highlights multiple contours by sequential clicking on contour elevations.
- Cancel Selection - removes all the highlights in the list.
After changing the surface properties, click
to save the surface and return to the previous dialog. Click
to return to the previous dialog without saving.
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