Surface Object

The Surface object contains the properties of a surface created in Surfer with the Shapes method AddSurface. See MapFrame object for additional properties.

Derived from: Shape object (All methods and properties of Shape apply to this object.)

The following table provides the properties of the Surface object:

Property	Description
BaseFill	Returns the fill properties object for the base. It is a read-only property.
BaseLine	Returns the line properties object for the base. It is a read-only property.
BlankMissing	Returns/sets the flag to assign NoData to missing nodes.
ColorScale	Returns the color scale object if enabled. It is a read-only property.
Grid	Returns the grid object used to create the surface. It is a read-only property.
GridXYZC	Returns the 3D grid being used for slices. It is a read-only propoerty.
GridFile	Returns/sets the name of the grid file used to create the map.
GridXYZCFile	Returns/sets the name of the 3D grid files used to create the map.
LowerColor	Returns/sets the lower material color as an RGB value. The LowerColor property is superseded by the LowerColorRGBA property. LowerColor has been preserved for backwards compatibility.
LowerColorRGBA	Returns the lower color RGBA object. It is a read-only property.
MeshOffset	Returns/sets the surface offset factor.
ShowBase	Returns/sets the show base state.
ShowColorScale	Returns/sets the show color scale state.
ShowOverlays	Returns/sets the flag to show overlays on this surface.
SliceZValue	Returns/sets the Z-value of the XYZC slice being used as the contour surface
UpperColorMap	Returns the upper material color map object. It is a read-only property.
UpperShininess	Returns/sets the upper shininess as a percent.
xMeshFreq	Returns/sets the X mesh line frequency.
xMeshLine	Returns the line properties object for X mesh lines. It is a read-only property.
yMeshFreq	Returns/sets the Y mesh line frequency.
yMeshLine	Returns the line properties object for Y mesh lines. It is a read-only property.
zMissing	Returns/sets the Z value to use for missing nodes if BlankMissing is false.

Example

Sub Main

 

'Declares SurferApp as an object

Dim SurferApp As Object

 

'Creates an instance of the Surfer Application object and assigns

'it to the variable named "SurferApp"

Set SurferApp = CreateObject("Surfer.Application")

 

'Makes Surfer visible

SurferApp.Visible = True

 

'Declares Plot as an object

Dim Plot As Object

 

'Creates a plot document in Surfer and assigns it to the variable

'named "Plot"

Set Plot = SurferApp.Documents.Add(srfDocPlot)

 

'Declares Shapes as an object

Dim Shapes As Object

 

'Assigns the Shapes collection to the variable named "Shapes"

Set Shapes = Plot.Shapes

 

'Declares MapFrame as an object

Dim MapFrame As Object

 

'Creates a contour map and assigns the map coordinate system to

'the variable named "MapFrame"

Set MapFrame = Shapes.AddSurface(GridFileName:=SurferApp.Path+"\Samples\demogrid.grd")

 

'Declares SurfaceMap as an object

Dim SurfaceMap As Object

 

'Assigns the surface properties to the variable named "SurfaceMap"

Set SurfaceMap = MapFrame.Overlays(1)

 

End Sub