**fScan Reference Manual, Chapter 2 (CmdLineOptions): surface**
===== Surface -- Create and manipulate 3-D surface data=====
**usage:**\\
  *-surface surffile --> open SURFFILE in new window -- same as "-input surffile"\\
  *-surface same surffile --> open SURFFILE in same window as IO_IN\\
  *-surface create fname color imin imax flag dotsize --> create a new surface from images\\
  *-surface stereo\\
  *-surface buffer\\
  *-surface merge\\
  *-surface volume\\
  *-surface grow volname cnt flag gradient maxcurv wid --> grow surf using images in VOLNAME (if present)\\
  *-surface window\\
  *-surface join fname   --> add fname to current surface\\
  *-surface join fname 2 --> add FNAME as second ('fast') surface\\
  *-surface reduce name flag --> make a new dataset by downsampling 3D data

paint, paintall, nocolor, newpaint, window, draw, align, append, nofast, grow

**FORMATS**\\
Surface files can be:
  * ASCII files created by the FreeSurfer utility MRIS_CONVERT (from Harvard MGH)
  * ASCII surface descriptor files (fScan format)
  * Binary surface data files (fScan DM format)
  * VTK binary surface data files (e.g. Medinria)
  * TRK binary fiber tracking data files (from DTK, TrackVis)

[[jvs:fscan:manual:chapter2:surfacev1|Obsolete Version 1 Surface cmd]]

**See Also:**\\
[[jvs:fscan|fScan Home]], 
[[jvs:fscan:manual|fScan Manual]], 
[[jvs:fscan:manual:chapter2|CmdLineOptions]], 
[[jvs:fscan:manual:help|Manual Help]]