From: Luca Heltai <luca.heltai@sissa.it>
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2015 16:53:04 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Addressed @bangerth issues.
X-Git-Tag: v8.3.0-rc1~287^2~2
X-Git-Url: https://gitweb.dealii.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e7383334859b42f75891d3714078c2e6a6acfea0;p=dealii.git

Addressed @bangerth issues.
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diff --git a/doc/news/changes.h b/doc/news/changes.h
index 8f734286d3..20e28fee41 100644
--- a/doc/news/changes.h
+++ b/doc/news/changes.h
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ inconvenience this causes.
 <ol>
   <li> New: The GridGenerator::subdivided_hyper_cube() and 
   GridGenerator::subdivided_hyper_rectangle() now work also for codimension
-  one and two Triangulation();
+  one and two Triangulation;
   <br>
   (Luca Heltai, 2015/04/12)
   </li>
diff --git a/include/deal.II/grid/grid_generator.h b/include/deal.II/grid/grid_generator.h
index f5ec81f9ca..0a71a4ec4e 100644
--- a/include/deal.II/grid/grid_generator.h
+++ b/include/deal.II/grid/grid_generator.h
@@ -108,6 +108,13 @@ namespace GridGenerator
    * adds 2<sup>i</sup>. For instance, the center point (1,-1,1) yields a
    * material id 5.
    *
+   * @note If spacedim>dim the same mesh as in the case spacedim=dim
+   * is created, but the vertices have all additional coordinates
+   * equal to the coordinates of p1, i.e., we generate a
+   * hyper_rectangle parallel to the x-axis (1d), or to the xy-axis
+   * passing through p1. The additional coordinates of the point p2
+   * are ignored by this class in this case.
+   *
    * @note The triangulation needs to be void upon calling this function.
    */
   template <int dim, int spacedim>