diff --git a/src/libcode/vx_shapedata/Makefile.am b/src/libcode/vx_shapedata/Makefile.am
index b5fe46ed68..ea52307df3 100644
--- a/src/libcode/vx_shapedata/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/libcode/vx_shapedata/Makefile.am
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ libvx_shapedata_a_SOURCES = \
               mode_columns.h \
               mode_field_info.cc mode_field_info.h \
               mode_conf_info.cc mode_conf_info.h \
-	      mode_input_data.h \
+              mode_input_data.h \
               engine.cc engine.h \
               ihull.cc ihull.h \
               vx_shapedata.h
diff --git a/src/libcode/vx_shapedata/Makefile.in b/src/libcode/vx_shapedata/Makefile.in
index df218fceda..290ee7582f 100644
--- a/src/libcode/vx_shapedata/Makefile.in
+++ b/src/libcode/vx_shapedata/Makefile.in
@@ -369,6 +369,7 @@ libvx_shapedata_a_SOURCES = \
               mode_columns.h \
               mode_field_info.cc mode_field_info.h \
               mode_conf_info.cc mode_conf_info.h \
+              mode_input_data.h \
               engine.cc engine.h \
               ihull.cc ihull.h \
               vx_shapedata.h
diff --git a/src/tools/core/mode/Makefile.in b/src/tools/core/mode/Makefile.in
index 741c5fea4f..10f09a3200 100644
--- a/src/tools/core/mode/Makefile.in
+++ b/src/tools/core/mode/Makefile.in
@@ -102,9 +102,9 @@ CONFIG_CLEAN_VPATH_FILES =
 am__installdirs = "$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)"
 PROGRAMS = $(bin_PROGRAMS)
 am_mode_OBJECTS = mode-mode_usage.$(OBJEXT) \
-	mode-mode_frontend.$(OBJEXT) mode-multivar_data.$(OBJEXT) \
-	mode-multivar_frontend.$(OBJEXT) mode-mode.$(OBJEXT) \
-	mode-combine_boolplanes.$(OBJEXT) \
+	mode-mode_frontend.$(OBJEXT) mode-mode_superobject.$(OBJEXT) \
+	mode-multivar_data.$(OBJEXT) mode-multivar_frontend.$(OBJEXT) \
+	mode-mode.$(OBJEXT) mode-combine_boolplanes.$(OBJEXT) \
 	mode-objects_from_netcdf.$(OBJEXT) mode-mode_ps_file.$(OBJEXT) \
 	mode-plot_engine.$(OBJEXT) mode-page_1.$(OBJEXT) \
 	mode-fcst_enlarge_page.$(OBJEXT) \
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ am__depfiles_remade = ./$(DEPDIR)/mode-cluster_page.Po \
 	./$(DEPDIR)/mode-mode_exec.Po \
 	./$(DEPDIR)/mode-mode_frontend.Po \
 	./$(DEPDIR)/mode-mode_ps_file.Po \
+	./$(DEPDIR)/mode-mode_superobject.Po \
 	./$(DEPDIR)/mode-mode_usage.Po \
 	./$(DEPDIR)/mode-multivar_data.Po \
 	./$(DEPDIR)/mode-multivar_frontend.Po \
@@ -350,6 +351,7 @@ top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = Makefile.in
 mode_SOURCES = mode_usage.cc \
 	mode_frontend.cc \
+	mode_superobject.cc \
 	multivar_data.cc \
 	multivar_frontend.cc \
 	mode.cc \
@@ -503,6 +505,7 @@ distclean-compile:
 @AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/mode-mode_exec.Po@am__quote@ # am--include-marker
 @AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/mode-mode_frontend.Po@am__quote@ # am--include-marker
 @AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/mode-mode_ps_file.Po@am__quote@ # am--include-marker
+@AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/mode-mode_superobject.Po@am__quote@ # am--include-marker
 @AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/mode-mode_usage.Po@am__quote@ # am--include-marker
 @AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/mode-multivar_data.Po@am__quote@ # am--include-marker
 @AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/mode-multivar_frontend.Po@am__quote@ # am--include-marker
@@ -560,6 +563,20 @@ mode-mode_frontend.obj: mode_frontend.cc
 @AMDEP_TRUE@@am__fastdepCXX_FALSE@	DEPDIR=$(DEPDIR) $(CXXDEPMODE) $(depcomp) @AMDEPBACKSLASH@
 @am__fastdepCXX_FALSE@	$(AM_V_CXX@am__nodep@)$(CXX) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) $(mode_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(AM_CXXFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o mode-mode_frontend.obj `if test -f 'mode_frontend.cc'; then $(CYGPATH_W) 'mode_frontend.cc'; else $(CYGPATH_W) '$(srcdir)/mode_frontend.cc'; fi`
 
+mode-mode_superobject.o: mode_superobject.cc
+@am__fastdepCXX_TRUE@	$(AM_V_CXX)$(CXX) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) $(mode_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(AM_CXXFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -MT mode-mode_superobject.o -MD -MP -MF $(DEPDIR)/mode-mode_superobject.Tpo -c -o mode-mode_superobject.o `test -f 'mode_superobject.cc' || echo '$(srcdir)/'`mode_superobject.cc
+@am__fastdepCXX_TRUE@	$(AM_V_at)$(am__mv) $(DEPDIR)/mode-mode_superobject.Tpo $(DEPDIR)/mode-mode_superobject.Po
+@AMDEP_TRUE@@am__fastdepCXX_FALSE@	$(AM_V_CXX)source='mode_superobject.cc' object='mode-mode_superobject.o' libtool=no @AMDEPBACKSLASH@
+@AMDEP_TRUE@@am__fastdepCXX_FALSE@	DEPDIR=$(DEPDIR) $(CXXDEPMODE) $(depcomp) @AMDEPBACKSLASH@
+@am__fastdepCXX_FALSE@	$(AM_V_CXX@am__nodep@)$(CXX) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) $(mode_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(AM_CXXFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o mode-mode_superobject.o `test -f 'mode_superobject.cc' || echo '$(srcdir)/'`mode_superobject.cc
+
+mode-mode_superobject.obj: mode_superobject.cc
+@am__fastdepCXX_TRUE@	$(AM_V_CXX)$(CXX) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) $(mode_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(AM_CXXFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -MT mode-mode_superobject.obj -MD -MP -MF $(DEPDIR)/mode-mode_superobject.Tpo -c -o mode-mode_superobject.obj `if test -f 'mode_superobject.cc'; then $(CYGPATH_W) 'mode_superobject.cc'; else $(CYGPATH_W) '$(srcdir)/mode_superobject.cc'; fi`
+@am__fastdepCXX_TRUE@	$(AM_V_at)$(am__mv) $(DEPDIR)/mode-mode_superobject.Tpo $(DEPDIR)/mode-mode_superobject.Po
+@AMDEP_TRUE@@am__fastdepCXX_FALSE@	$(AM_V_CXX)source='mode_superobject.cc' object='mode-mode_superobject.obj' libtool=no @AMDEPBACKSLASH@
+@AMDEP_TRUE@@am__fastdepCXX_FALSE@	DEPDIR=$(DEPDIR) $(CXXDEPMODE) $(depcomp) @AMDEPBACKSLASH@
+@am__fastdepCXX_FALSE@	$(AM_V_CXX@am__nodep@)$(CXX) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) $(mode_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(AM_CXXFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o mode-mode_superobject.obj `if test -f 'mode_superobject.cc'; then $(CYGPATH_W) 'mode_superobject.cc'; else $(CYGPATH_W) '$(srcdir)/mode_superobject.cc'; fi`
+
 mode-multivar_data.o: multivar_data.cc
 @am__fastdepCXX_TRUE@	$(AM_V_CXX)$(CXX) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) $(mode_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(AM_CXXFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -MT mode-multivar_data.o -MD -MP -MF $(DEPDIR)/mode-multivar_data.Tpo -c -o mode-multivar_data.o `test -f 'multivar_data.cc' || echo '$(srcdir)/'`multivar_data.cc
 @am__fastdepCXX_TRUE@	$(AM_V_at)$(am__mv) $(DEPDIR)/mode-multivar_data.Tpo $(DEPDIR)/mode-multivar_data.Po
@@ -876,6 +893,7 @@ distclean: distclean-am
 	-rm -f ./$(DEPDIR)/mode-mode_exec.Po
 	-rm -f ./$(DEPDIR)/mode-mode_frontend.Po
 	-rm -f ./$(DEPDIR)/mode-mode_ps_file.Po
+	-rm -f ./$(DEPDIR)/mode-mode_superobject.Po
 	-rm -f ./$(DEPDIR)/mode-mode_usage.Po
 	-rm -f ./$(DEPDIR)/mode-multivar_data.Po
 	-rm -f ./$(DEPDIR)/mode-multivar_frontend.Po
@@ -936,6 +954,7 @@ maintainer-clean: maintainer-clean-am
 	-rm -f ./$(DEPDIR)/mode-mode_exec.Po
 	-rm -f ./$(DEPDIR)/mode-mode_frontend.Po
 	-rm -f ./$(DEPDIR)/mode-mode_ps_file.Po
+	-rm -f ./$(DEPDIR)/mode-mode_superobject.Po
 	-rm -f ./$(DEPDIR)/mode-mode_usage.Po
 	-rm -f ./$(DEPDIR)/mode-multivar_data.Po
 	-rm -f ./$(DEPDIR)/mode-multivar_frontend.Po