Solid Modeling Options

Tilting: Insert a check in the Tilting check-box in the Solid Modeling Special Options tab to bias your solid model with a user-selected direction and dip. This feature works like this: (a) The control point elevations are vertically shifted, based on the orientation of the user-defined plane. (b) The solid model is interpolated (based on the vertically shifted coordinates). (c) The corresponding nodes within the model are then shifted back to their proper elevations based on the corresponding elevations within the user-defined plane. Why? Algorithms such as the horizontal lithoblending strongly bias the interpolation in a horizontal fashion. The "tilt" option introduces a regional gradient while still allowing the modeling to be horizontally biased.

! Tilting requires that all control points reside within the current Project Dimensions.

Click on the Tilting tab to access the settings.
- Dip Direction: Enter the dip direction, in azimuth degrees from 0 to 360, for the dipping plane to be used to tilt the modeling.
- Dip Amount: Enter the dip angle (with 0 = horizontal and -90 = vertical, downward) for the tilted plane.