From: Wolfgang Bangerth Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2021 18:55:35 +0000 (-0600) Subject: Update documentation in SubcellData. X-Git-Tag: v9.4.0-rc1~1150^2 X-Git-Url: https://gitweb.dealii.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=refs%2Fpull%2F12567%2Fhead;p=dealii.git Update documentation in SubcellData. --- diff --git a/include/deal.II/grid/tria_description.h b/include/deal.II/grid/tria_description.h index 02644277ed..e7c9d4c3f0 100644 --- a/include/deal.II/grid/tria_description.h +++ b/include/deal.II/grid/tria_description.h @@ -213,7 +213,11 @@ struct SubCellData /** * A vector of CellData<2> objects that describe boundary and manifold - * information for quads of 3d triangulations. + * information for triangles and quads of 3d triangulations. The name of + * the variable is historical and dates back to a time when deal.II only + * supported hexahedral meshes in 3d, where then all boundary faces were + * necessarily quadrilaterals. However, the variable is now also used to + * describe boundary triangles for tetrahedral and mixed meshes. * * This vector may not be used in the creation of 1d or 2d triangulations. */