The Display Tab

The Display Tab contains various options related to displaying the model.

“Representation” changes the way the model is displayed in the viewport

3D Glyphs: show the 3D glyphs at the underlying points

Outline: display the bounding box of the model

Point Gaussian: show the underlying points as solid spheres

Points: show the underlying points as solid dots

Surface: hide the underlying polygons, faces, etc.

Surface With Edges: display the surface and the underlying edges

Wireframe: display the wireframe of the underlying structures

When viewing the mesh of an object, it may be worth switching the representation to “Wireframe” or “Surface with edges”

Coloring

The model can be colored by certain variables, which could not be done with “Color By” menu. For example, we can color the ChesapeakeBayContour introduced in Discrete Session with its Z coordinate.

Styling

Opacity: control the transparency of the model

Lighting

Specular: control the specularity of the model

Transforming

Translation: translate the model in 3D

Scale: scale the model

Orientation: define the orientation of the model

Origin: define the center of the model

Miscellaneous

Data Axes Grid: display axes grid that helps to visualize the data

Maximum Number of Labels: control the number of labels