| iTool User's Guide: Working with Surfaces |

## Surface Properties

Surfaces have attributes or properties that can be modified to change their characteristics. These properties are organized into property sheets for each operation and visualization type. For example, the skin of a surface visualization has a gold color by default. To change this color, modify the surface color property in the surface visualization property sheet.

To display the property sheet for a surface, do one of the following:

- Double-click the surface in the iTool window

- Select the surface, and select Edit Properties

- Display the Visualization Browser, and double-click the entry for the surface

For more information, see Property Sheets and Browsers.

### The Visualization Browser

The Visualization Browser provides a nested list of all visualizations displayed in the iSurface window. From the Visualization Browser, you can select visualizations and display property sheets for those visualizations.

To display the Visualization Browser:

1. Select Window Visualization Browser.

2. Do either of the following:

- Click an item to select it in the Visualization Browser

- Double-click an item in the iTool window to display its property sheet

For more information, see Property Sheets and Browsers and Visualization Properties.

### The Operations Browser

The Operations Browser provides a nested list of all operations available from the iSurface Operations menu. From the Operations Browser, you can display property sheets for each of the items in the iSurface Operations menu.

To display the Operations Browser:

1. Select Operations Operations Browser

2. Click an item to display its property sheet

For more information, see Property Sheets and Browsers and Operations Properties.

IDL Online Help (March 01, 2006)