Options Help

These options are global display options.

• Show info

  Toggles the display of the information panel.

• Show controls

  Toggles the display of the controls: these are the sliders at the bottom right.

• Filled

  Toggles the filling of faces. When off, only the outline of faces is displayed.

• Capped

  Toggles the capping of polyhedra. When uncapped the inside of polyhedra becomes visible. Capped faces are shown as matte grey.

• Back shading

  When there is no capping, toggles the back shading of polyhedra. With back shading internal faces are shown with darker faces than external faces.

• Outline

  Toggles the outlining of polyhedra.

• Perspective

  Toggles perspective display.

• Face colouring: Polygons/Transitivity/Structure

  Choose between different face colouring options. The polygon display always displays a face with a certain number of sides as the same colour, for example, triangles are yellow, squares are blue and hexagons are red. The transitivity option displays all faces of the same face-transitivity. with the same colour. Finally, the structure option uses colour to highlight the different structural elements: see the structure information display.

• Background: Light/Dark

  Choose the background lighting.