Displaying Terrain Information

To understand the terrain configuration and review your terrain mesh accordingly, you can display the Properties dialog box to access detailed information.

Before you begin: A terrain must be opened in a session.
See Also
Terrain Preparation Concepts
Customizing Preferences
Performing a Deviation Analysis
  1. Right-click a terrain either in the work area or in the tree.
    The Properties dialog box appears.
  2. Select the tab to access detailed information:
    • Display Modes: provides options to customize the visualization of the terrain mesh. You can also customize display options for new terrain meshes in Me > Preferences.

      The Display Modes tab allows you to modify the display modes for the selected data.

    • Information: provides the number of triangles and number of points information.
    • Cells: provides cell names and lets you colorize cells that compose the terrain mesh.
  3. Click Close.
  4. Optional: Perform a deviation analysis.