From 4fca4f18339ee311cb3fab0e943bb9091c76b82d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wolfgang Bangerth Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2021 12:55:35 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Update documentation in SubcellData. --- include/deal.II/grid/tria_description.h | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) 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. */ -- 2.39.5