To Change the Surface Creation Settings

1. Do one of the following:
   • To edit settings for all surface-related commands: In Toolspace, on the Settings tab, right-click the Surface collection and click Edit Feature Settings.
   • To edit settings for a specific command: In Toolspace, on the Settings tab, expand the Commands collection under the Surface collection. Right-click the name of the command for which you want to change settings and click Edit Command Settings.

   The Edit Feature Settings - Surface dialog box is displayed.

2. Expand the Surface Creation property group.
3. To specify the default surface type, edit the Surface Default Type settings.
4. To specify the default grid surface spacing and orientation, edit the following settings:
   • Grid Surface X-Spacing
   • Grid Surface Y-Spacing
   • Grid Surface Orientation
5. To specify the default name format for a surface, expand the Default Name Format property group and edit the Surface Name Template setting.
6. Click Apply.