Sub-Menu - Model Mode [Display menu]
The Model mode determines how the crystal(s) are represented.
The Standard mode is an external view, and this view occupies the center of the viewing area unless it is deliberately displaced. In the original orientation, the view is down a*. The crystal may be shown as a single crystal or as a stereopair; and it may be shown in 2D or 3D Drawing mode.
In Stereonet mode, the standard drawing of the crystal occupies the left half of the viewing area, and a standard Wulff Stereonet occupies the right half. The original viewing orientation of the crystal is different from that in the standard mode; it is viewed directly down the c crystallographic axis rather than the a* axis. If clinographic viewing is on for the standard view, it is ignored in the stereonet mode. Other rotations are transferred between the two modes. This is shown in a 2D Drawing mode only.
In Section/Zoning mode, a section or successive sections of the crystal, parallel to the y-z plane, are drawn. The many parameters for this type of view are set in the Sections and Growth Zones dialog in the Input1 menu and its subdialogs. This is shown in a 2D Drawing mode only.