Appearance Tab

The Appearance tab in an object's properties panel displays properties and actions related to the object's visual appearance, including its colors and view options for the object's trail and orbit.

This tab is only displayed for Stars, Black Holes, and Planetary Bodies.

• Layers
  • Surface Layer
  • Atmosphere (For Terrestrial Planets only)
  • Clouds (For Terrestrial Planets only)
  • Snow (For Terrestrial Planets and Planetoids only)
  • All Surface Materials (For Terrestrial Planets and Planetoids only)
  • City Lights (For Terrestrial Planets and Planetoids only)
    • Illuminate
    • Light Map
    • Random Seed
    • City Lights Color

• Colors
  • Star Color (For Stars only)
  • Black Hole Color (For Black Holes only)
  • Color Mode (For Stars and Black Holes only)
  • Band Colors (For Gas Giants only)
    • Colors
  • Surface Colors (For Terrestrial Planets and Planetoids only)
    • High
    • Middle
    • Low
  • Atmosphere Color (For Terrestrial Planets only)
  • Cloud Color (For Terrestrial Planets only)
  • Interface Color

• Trail and Orbit
  • Trail
  • Orbit
  • Clear Trail Center
  • Set as Trail Center
  • Trail Mode