Surface

The Surface context sensitive ribbon contains tools specifically related to surfaces.

Tool Location on the ribbon Operation
Freehand Transform Surface context sensitive ribbon
> Edit group
> Freehand Transform

For information on freehand transformation, see Freehand Transform.
Point Z from Attribute Surface context sensitive ribbon
> Edit group
> Point Z from Attribute

The Point Z from Attribute tool displays a selected attribute as height Z. To set this, follow these steps:

  1. On the Surface context sensitive ribbon, in the Edit group, select Point Z from Attribute. A new panel will appear.

  2. Select the attribute you wish to display as height from the Attribute drop-down.

  3. Click OK.
Crop Surface by Polygon Surface context sensitive ribbon
> Edit group
> Crop Surface by Polygon

To crop a surface by a polygon, follow these steps:

  1. Select the surface you wan to crop.

  2. Go to Surface > Edit > Crop Surface by Polygon.

  3. Using the middle mouse button, drag and drop the objects or facet networks you wish to crop into the Surface field.

  4. Create or select a polygon to use as the cropping boundary.

  5. Using the middle mouse button, drag and drop the polygon into the Polygon field. The projected polygon boundary is displayed in grey.

  6. Choose to keep the object fragments inside or outside of the polygon.

  7. Select Crop a copy to keep the original data and crop a copy of the data.
Properties Surface context sensitive ribbon
> Query group
> Properties		 Select the Properties tool to view the properties of a surface. BlastLogic will print the surface properties to the report window.
Uniform Surface context sensitive ribbon
> Colour group
> Uniform

Uniform colour shades the entire surface a uniform colour.
To apply uniform colour to an object:

  1. Select the surface to be coloured.

  2. Go to Surface > Colour > Uniform... (Ctrl+U)

  3. Left click on the swatch to select a colour. Double click to display an advanced colour picker.
Translucency Surface context sensitive ribbon
> Colour group
> Translucency

The translucency tool can be applied to an entire surface. For example, a surface placed on top of a blast in the view can be set translucent so that the holes underneath it can be seen.
To apply translucency to an object:

  1. Select the surface.

  2. Go to Surface > Colour > Translucency... (Ctrl+G).

  3. Adjust the slider until the desired effect is reached.