Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/classes/Vertex.cpp
===================================================================
--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/classes/Vertex.cpp	(revision 16445)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/classes/Vertex.cpp	(revision 16446)
@@ -21,37 +21,24 @@
 }
 /*}}}*/
-/*FUNCTION Vertex::Vertex(int vertex_id, IssmDouble vertex_x, IssmDouble vertex_y, IssmDouble vertex_z, IssmDouble vertex_sigma){{{*/
-Vertex::Vertex(int vertex_id, int vertex_sid,IssmDouble vertex_x, IssmDouble vertex_y, IssmDouble vertex_z, IssmDouble vertex_sigma,int vertex_connectivity){
-	this->Init(vertex_id, vertex_sid,vertex_x, vertex_y, vertex_z, vertex_sigma,vertex_connectivity);
-}
-/*}}}*/
 /*FUNCTION Vertex::Vertex(int vertex_id, int vertex_sid,int i, IoModel* iomodel) {{{*/
 Vertex::Vertex(int vertex_id, int vertex_sid,int i, IoModel* iomodel){
 
-	_assert_(iomodel->Data(MeshXEnum) && iomodel->Data(MeshYEnum) && iomodel->Data(MeshZEnum));
-	_assert_(iomodel->Data(BedEnum) && iomodel->Data(ThicknessEnum) && iomodel->numbernodetoelementconnectivity);
-
-	this->Init(vertex_id, vertex_sid, iomodel->Data(MeshXEnum)[i],iomodel->Data(MeshYEnum)[i],iomodel->Data(MeshZEnum)[i],(iomodel->Data(MeshZEnum)[i]-iomodel->Data(BedEnum)[i])/(iomodel->Data(ThicknessEnum)[i]),iomodel->numbernodetoelementconnectivity[i]);
-
-}
-/*}}}*/
-/*FUNCTION Vertex::~Vertex() {{{*/
-Vertex::~Vertex(){
-	return;
-}
-/*}}}*/
-/*FUNCTION Vertex::Init{{{*/
-void Vertex::Init(int vertex_id, int vertex_sid,IssmDouble vertex_x, IssmDouble vertex_y, IssmDouble vertex_z, IssmDouble vertex_sigma,int vertex_connectivity){
-
-	/*all the initialization has been done by the initializer, just fill in the id: */
 	this->id           = vertex_id;
 	this->sid          = vertex_sid;
 	this->pid          = UNDEF;
-	this->x            = vertex_x;
-	this->y            = vertex_y;
-	this->z            = vertex_z;
-	this->sigma        = vertex_sigma;
-	this->connectivity = vertex_connectivity;
-
+
+	_assert_(iomodel->Data(MeshXEnum) && iomodel->Data(MeshYEnum) && iomodel->Data(MeshZEnum));
+	this->x            = iomodel->Data(MeshXEnum)[i];
+	this->y            = iomodel->Data(MeshYEnum)[i];
+	this->z            = iomodel->Data(MeshZEnum)[i];
+
+	_assert_(iomodel->Data(BedEnum) && iomodel->Data(ThicknessEnum) && iomodel->numbernodetoelementconnectivity);
+	this->sigma        = (iomodel->Data(MeshZEnum)[i]-iomodel->Data(BedEnum)[i])/(iomodel->Data(ThicknessEnum)[i]);
+	this->connectivity = iomodel->numbernodetoelementconnectivity[i];
+
+}
+/*}}}*/
+/*FUNCTION Vertex::~Vertex() {{{*/
+Vertex::~Vertex(){
 	return;
 }
Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/classes/Vertex.h
===================================================================
--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/classes/Vertex.h	(revision 16445)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/classes/Vertex.h	(revision 16446)
@@ -32,6 +32,4 @@
 		/*Vertex constructors, destructors {{{*/
 		Vertex();
-		Vertex(int id, int sid,IssmDouble x, IssmDouble y, IssmDouble z, IssmDouble sigma, int connectivity); 
-		void Init(int id, int sid, IssmDouble x, IssmDouble y, IssmDouble z, IssmDouble sigma,int connectivity);
 		Vertex(int id, int sid, int i, IoModel* iomodel);
 		~Vertex();