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 The "Edit -> Make Full/Partial Surface Cuts"
 menu item starts up surfer with a medial view
 of the inflated surface in preparation for
 making relaxation cuts
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HOW TO MAKE CUTS FOR A FULL HEMISPHERE FLATTENING
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(1) encircle midline region to remove:
      ==> LEFT-CLICK sequence

(2) make closed-line cut
      ==> CUTAREA button

(3) mark region to fill/save
      ==> single LEFT-CLICK 

(4) fill/save marked region
      ==> FILL button

(5) make relaxation cuts:
      ==> LEFT-CLICK sequence
      ==> open-line cut with CUTLINE
            [repeat above]
      ==> one standard 5-cut set:
  cut 1: medial, along fundus calcarine
  cut 2: amygdala to temporal pole
  cut 3: ant. corpus callosum to frontal pole
  cut 4: anterior cingulate to dorsal convexity
  cut 5: posterior cingulate to dorsal convexity

(8) save patch
      ==> patch: WRITE

The default names for the full cortical surfaces
with the midline removed (following instructions
above) are:

 rh.full.3d
 lh.full.3d
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HOW TO MAKE CUTS FOR OCCIPITAL PATCH FLATTENING
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(1) specify cutting plane
      ==> 3 LEFT CLICK's
      ==> for a patch including most of visual:
   click 1: medial, splenium corpus callosum
   click 2: lateral, intraparietal
   click 3: lateral, anterior inferotemporal

(2) mark region to keep
      ==> 1 LEFT CLICK

(3) make the cut
      ==> CUTPLANE button

(4) make calcarine sulcus relaxation cut:
      ==> LEFT-CLICK sequence
      ==> open-line cut with CUTLINE

(5) trim around callosum
      ==> LEFT-CLICK sequence
      ==> open-line cut with CUTLINE
            [repeat if necessary]

(6) save patch
      ==> patch: WRITE

The default names for the occipital patches with
a calcarine relaxation cut are:

 rh.occip.3d
 lh.occip.3d
