Visualization Tools are software applications which visually convey complex three-dimensional information in an intuitive fashion. Ideally these tools engage as many of the visual cues used in perceiving the 3-D world as possible. These visual cues include perspective, lighting/shadows, depth cueing (use of shading to indicate relative distance, obscuration/transparency, stereopsis, motion parallax, and peripheral vision. The objective is to allow the user to comprehend 3-D complexities rapidly and intuitively so as to facilitate (in this case) the task of designing an optimum well plan.