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[Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Feb 05, 2007 at 03:02:31PM +0100, Anders Logg wrote:
> The UFC specification includes a numbering convention for the entities
> of a mesh, like the ordering of vertices on a cell, the orientation of
> edges, faces etc.
> 
> This numbering convention is described in two chapters in the UFC
> manual. Please take a look at these two chapters. When we are
> satisfied with these two chapters, we can copy the contents to the FFC
> and DOLFIN manuals.
> 
> Here's a simple instruction for downloading and reading the manual:
> 
>   hg clone http://www.fenics.org/hg/ufc
>   evince ufc/doc/manual/ufc-user-manual.pdf
> 
> Kristian Oelgaard has already started implementing the reordering in
> DOLFIN, so that every DOLFIN mesh will follow the numbering
> convention.
> 
> /Anders

I heard no objections, so I've proof-read the "final" version of the
two chapters on mesh entity numbering and added copies of these to the
FFC and DOLFIN manuals.

The new numbering scheme will soon be used by DOLFIN. (Every DOLFIN
mesh will always follow this numbering convention.)

/Anders