Surface properties - General

Last updated: 2021-06-29

Total video time: 03:51

Exercise files: srfc-prprtis-gnrl-data-begin-c3d20.zip Surf-Ex.dwg

srfc-prprtis-gnrl-01.mp4 3:51

Surface properties overview

3 ways to locate surface properties

  1. Toolspace > Prospector tab > expand Surfaces > right-click Exist (name of surface) > Surface Properties... opens dialog box
  2. Select surface > Contextual Ribbon > Modify panel > Surface Properties clicking on button/icon to launch dialog box
  3. Select surface > right-click surface > Surface Properties... opens dialog box

About surface dialog box

Surface dialog box has 4 tabs

  1. Information
    1. surface name, description, create or manage surface styles, and change render material.
  2. Definition (See video above)
  3. Analysis
    1. User can run analysis on the surface, baking the information into the surface to be displayed through tables or styles that are applied to the surface. Color schemes can be used to help with visibility of analysis on the surface.
    2. Types of analysis; contours, direction, elevation, slopes, slope arrows, user-defined, or watersheds.
    3. Set range and range details
  4. Statistics
    1. General, coordinates and elevation information.
    2. Extended, surface areas and slopes.

    3. TIN, triangle information; number of triangles, area, and lengths.

    Info: This information is not editable.