Surfer offers much of the 3D functionality that Voxler had and more! In addition to 3D gridding, volume rendering, and drillhole modeling, Surfer offers 3D digitizing, assigning NoData to 3D grids, and several additional features that were on the Voxler wish list!
Surfer v. Voxler Feature Comparison Matrix
The feature matrix below details the 3D features available in Surfer and Voxler.
*This feature matrix excludes all of Surfer's 2D gridding, analysis, and mapping features.
3D Graphics Output Features
| Feature | Voxler | Surfer |
| Annotation | ||
| Axes | ||
| Bounding Box | ||
| ClipPlane | ||
| Color scale | ||
| Contours |
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| FaceRender (Block Render) | ||
| Fly-Through | ||
| HeightField | ||
| Isosurface | ||
| Isosurface: ignore NoData values |
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| ObliqueImage (Image Slice) | ||
| OrthoImage (Image Slice) | ||
| Set the orientation of imagery to follow a polyline or polygon path | ||
| ScatterPlot | ||
| ScatterPlot: labels |
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| StreamLines | ||
| Text | ||
| VectorPlot | ||
| VolRender (Volume Render) | ||
| Walk | ||
| WellRender (Drillhole) | ||
| Drillhole Keywords | ||
| Drillhole Contact Points & Surfaces |
Data Source Features
| Feature | Voxler | Surfer |
| WellData | ||
| FunctionLattice | ||
| TestLattice |
Computational features
| Feature | Voxler | Surfer |
| ChangeType | ||
| Assign NoData | ||
| Digitize 3D | ||
| DuplicateFilter | ||
| ExclusionFilter | ||
| ExtractPoints | ||
| Filter | ||
| Gradient | ||
| Gridder (XYZC Gridding) | ||
| Math | ||
| Merge | ||
| Resample | ||
| Slice | ||
| Subset | ||
| Transform |
View features
| Feature | Voxler | Surfer |
| Headlight | ||
| Multiple Light Sources | ||
| World Axis Triad | ||
| Defined Views | ||
| Projection (Perspective vs Orthographic) | ||
| Still Draw Style | ||
| Animating Draw Style | ||
| Transparency Type | ||
| Home | ||
| Set Home | ||
| Camera Properties |
General features
| Feature | Voxler | Surfer |
| Automation | Limited | |
| Copy Snapshot | ||
| Capture Video (Record) | ||
| Export model to 3D PDF or VRML | ||
| Export Image | ||
| Rename modules/layers | ||
Load Colormap (*.CLR) files from Voxler
For the Voxler users recreating their 3D models in Surfer or wanting to use the same color scheme between Surfer and Voxler, Surfer can now read the Voxler-formatted CLR files for colormaps! The previously necessary, time-consuming step of manually converting the colormaps has been eliminated. Make your visualizations show effective and consistent colors across programs to increase ease of comprehension.
Easily load your custom colormaps from Voxler into your Surfer projects!
If you have any additional questions regarding these features, feel free to reach out to our technical support team at support@goldensoftware.com!
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