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>>>> I want to know how to find all the attributes and the methodes of
>>>> a class in one shot.
>>>
>>> I recommend to go to the manual index (available from the
>>> navigation bar at the top of the online manual) and click on the
>>> class name. This gets you right to the reference page of the class.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Bernd Gaertner.
>> I did that and there is no attributes listed corresponding to an
>> "id" although I am sure that it must be one since in the output of
>> the triangulation each facet has an id.
>
>
> Well the reason you do not find it is that it does not exist: there is
> no such thing as an id per facet. Each facet is referred to by its
> Face_handle, but there is nothing like an integer index associated to
> it. If you do need that, you will have to generate it.
>
> This is exactly what the file_output function does:
>
>>   std::map<Vertex_handle,int> V;
>>   std::map<Face_handle,int> F;
>
> You can have a look at function file_output in file
> Triangulation_data_structure_2.h if you want to see in more details
> how it is done.
>
> Best,
> --
> Camille
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Thanks it is clearer now. Another question: how do I create/get
edge_handler from a facet?
This is my code snippet :
  Delaunay3d::Finite_facets_iterator facet;
  for (facet = T.finite_facets_begin(); facet != T.finite_facets_end();
++facet){