Name

tetrahedra — The tetrahedra forming a 3-dimensional triangulation

Synopsis

Content Model
tetrahedra ::= (tet*)
Attributes
NameType
ntetNUMBER (required)

Description

A tetrahedra element stores the entire set of tetrahedra forming a 3-dimensional triangulation.

The total number of tetrahedra must be specified by the ntet attribute. The individual tetrahedra are numbered 0, 1, 2, etc., and their face gluings are described by the corresponding child tet elements. There must be precisely ntet child tet elements in total.

Parents

The following elements contain tetrahedra: packet (3-dimensional triangulation).

Children

The following elements occur in tetrahedra: tet.

Attributes

ntet

The total number of tetrahedra in this set. Note that there must be precisely this many child tet elements.

Example

The following XML snippet represents a triangulation of a two-tetrahedron (1, 1, 2) layered solid torus.

<tetrahedra ntet="2">
  <tet> 1 78 1 78 -1 -1 -1 -1 </tet>
  <tet> 1 57 1 147 0 78 0 78 </tet>
</tetrahedra>