Surface illumination is performed using the Command
Highlight in different ways: By Angle, By
Sin and By Tang. As a fact, during this operation the new color of
the point is now defined not by its height, but the angle of
surface inclination (by Angle), sinus of this angle (by Sin), or
by tangents of this angle (by Tang). Such operations are called as
gradient transformations. The button
corresponds to the option by Angle.