Surface effects: Texture

Plain Makes the surface appear in a plain color.

Image Adds an image that is then tiled across the surface in a pattern. To load an image, click the browse button , and then browse to where the image is located, and selected it.

Width Sets the width, in current mearurement units, of the image.

Height Sets the height, in current mearurement units, of the image.

Keep proportions While you are editing either Width or Height, the other dimension changes too, thus preserving the image's original proportions.

Text In the box, a text is added that is then tiled across the surface in a pattern. To set specific text properties, click Font, and then edit the font settings as you need them to be.

Angle Sets an angle at which the loaded image will be positioned relative to the surface's x-axis.

X Step Sets the horizontal distance, in current measurement units, between the text strings across the surface.

Y Step Sets the vertical distance, in current measurement units, between the text strings across the surface.

Fit Makes the 3D representation in the graphical area fit the size of the currently available area.

Zoom Click to begin zooming into and out of the graphical area.

Pan Click to begin moving the 3D representation across the graphical area.

Turn Click to begin turning over the 3D representation.

Single Axis Rotation Click to begin rotating the 3D representation along a single axis, the direction being defined by the movement of the mouse.

View Options Opens a dialog box in which you can set the visualization of the preview area.