Surface
Plot
The Surface plot tool gives the user the ability to take an
image or part of an image within the CIF Viewer and manipulate its
position to view all of its properties from all angles.
Using
the Surface Plot Tool
Drag and drop the tool directly into the CIF Viewer. 
This will place a "Region of Interest" (ROI) onto the image in the
screen.
The user may manipulate this ROI to fit into whatever part of the image
they wish to view by draging it around the screen or by stretching out
the ROI from the corners or sides.
Another image will appear on the screen in the form of the "Surface Plot" box.
When
the parameters (explained below) for the tool are set to "0" the
Surface Plot image will appear the same as the image that the ROI is
capturing.
When
the Parameters are not set to "0" the image will appear in a 3D plane
and will appear with the degree dimensions that the user specified. For
example it may appear this way: 
Parameters

To bring up the parameters page right-click within the ROI box. The "Surface Plot" page is the parameters page for this tool.
Scale X, Y, and Z: changing these can accentuate a certain plane/axis. It will make the changed axis longer/larger and more defined.
Roll, Pitch, and Yaw: These positions rotate the image by degrees according to its X, Y, or Z axis to give the image in 3D.
Image Scale X, Y: these will shrink or enlarge the data depending on if the numbers are made larger or smaller.
Color:
select this and hit apply to make the image appear in color. The user
may not want to do this if the image is black or dark in color because
the background for the surface plot image is black so the image will
not appear. If the color option is not on the image will appear in
white.
The Entity and Rectangle pages can be used to change the appearance of the ROI.