Surface styles control the surface appearance in both 2D and 3D views.
Access and manage the surface styles in the Settings tab in Toolspace, where you can create, edit, copy, and delete them. For more information, see The Object Style Collection (Settings Tree).
You can assign a surface style to a surface when you create or import a surface. You can also change the surface style using the surface list view.
The surface styles contain parameters and display settings for the creation of surface data objects, including:
- Borders. Includes interior and exterior border and datum display.
- Contours. Includes minor, major, depression, and user-defined contour lines display.
- Grid. Includes primary and secondary grid display.
- Points. All surface points for the TIN or grid surfaces.
- Triangles. TIN face information.
- Analysis. Includes directions, elevations, slopes, and slope arrows.
- Watersheds. Watersheds analysis display.
For general information about AutoCAD Civil 3D styles, see Object Styles.
Tutorial Exercise: Changing the Surface Style and Display
Topics in this section
- Creating a Surface Style
Use the Settings tree to create a surface style.
- Creating a Surface Style Based on an Existing Surface Style
Use the Settings tree to create a surface style based on an existing surface style.
- Editing a Surface Style
Use the Settings tree to edit a surface style.
- Draping Images On Surfaces
Use the Drape Image command to overlay an image, such as an aerial photo, over a surface.