This guide is for SHOTPlus™ version 6 only.

Summary

This knowledge base article explains how to change the display mode for surfaces in SHOTPlus™ version 6.

There are five different display modes for surfaces in SHOTPlus™ version 6, they are:

1. Triangles;
2. Boundary only;
3. Contours;
4. Rendered; and
5. Elevation heatmap.

Edit Display Mode

To edit the display mode of a surface:

• Select the appropriate surface.
• Right click and select Edit.

• In the Edit surface dialog box select the desired display mode from the Display mode drop down box.

• To finish select either:
  1. Cancel - to cancel any changes and close the Edit surface dialog box.
  2. Apply - to apply any changes made without closing the Edit surface dialog box.
  3. OK - to apply and changes made and close the Edit surface dialog box.

Display Modes

Triangles

Displays a surface as triangles made up of lines drawn between adjacent points in a surface.

Boundary Only

Displays the outermost boundary of a surface, with the interior filled by a crosshatch pattern.

Contours

Displays a surface as a surface of contour lines, based on elevation.

Rendered

Displays a surface as a rendered solid, of a single colour, based on the triangle structure of the surface.

The percentage transparency for rendered surface can be edited by:

• Opening the Edit layer dialog box by:
  1. Selecting Layering Properties from the Edit surface dialog box; or
  2. Selecting the appropriate layer from the Layer manager right clicking and selecting Edit.

• From the Edit layer dialog box enter the desired transparency.
• To finish select either:
  1. Cancel - to cancel any changes and close the Edit layer dialog box.
  2. Apply - to apply any changes made without closing the Edit layer dialog box.
  3. OK - to apply and changes made and close the Edit layer dialog box.

Elevation Heatmap

Displays a surface as rendered solid, coloured based on the relative elevation of that surface.