Surface Model Attributes

Once a model has been chosen in the left side of the Model Panel, clicking the attributes... button in the right side of the panel brings up a window that shows and allows changes in model attribute values.

Models of class SurfaceModel:

• Volume Viewer contour surfaces (surface or mesh)
• Volume Tracer surfaces
• Multiscale Models surfaces
• Intersurf models
• Surfnet surfaces
• shape surfaces
• topography surfaces
• Icosahedron Surface models
• icosahedral meshes from hkcage
• IMOD surfaces
• GRASP surfaces from DelPhi or GRASP

Attributes of models in this class are:

• active - whether the model is activated for motion
  • false
  • true
• displayed - whether display is enabled at the model level (see display hierarchy)
  • false
  • true
• pieces - number of surface pieces (independently selectable subparts) in the surface model. A surface model may consist of one or more surface pieces, and a single surface piece may consist of one or more blobs (disconnected parts).
• selectable with mouse - whether the surface piece(s) comprising the model can be picked with the mouse
  • false
  • true
• triangles - number of triangles in the surface model