Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/partition/AreaAverageOntoPartition.m
===================================================================
--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/partition/AreaAverageOntoPartition.m	(revision 24178)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/partition/AreaAverageOntoPartition.m	(revision 24179)
@@ -29,13 +29,13 @@
 	%finally, project vector: 
 	vector=project2d(md3d,vector,layer);
-	md.qmu.partition=project2d(md3d,md3d.qmu.partition,layer);
+	md.qmu.vpartition=project2d(md3d,md3d.qmu.vpartition,layer);
 end
 
 %ok, first check that part is Matlab indexed
-part=md.qmu.partition+1;
+part=md.qmu.vpartition+1;
 
 %some check: 
 if md.qmu.numberofpartitions~=max(part),
-	error('AreaAverageOntoPartition error message: ''npart'' should be equal to max(md.qmu.partition)');
+	error('AreaAverageOntoPartition error message: ''npart'' should be equal to max(md.qmu.vpartition)');
 end
 
Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/partition/AreaAverageOntoPartition.py
===================================================================
--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/partition/AreaAverageOntoPartition.py	(revision 24178)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/partition/AreaAverageOntoPartition.py	(revision 24179)
@@ -32,14 +32,14 @@
 		#finally, project vector: 
 		vector = project2d(md3d,vector,layer)
-		md.qmu.partition = project2d(md3d,md3d.qmu.partition,layer)
+		md.qmu.vpartition = project2d(md3d,md3d.qmu.vpartition,layer)
 
 
 	#ok, first check that part is Matlab indexed
-	part = (md.qmu.partition).copy()
+	part = (md.qmu.vpartition).copy()
 	part = part.flatten() + 1
 
 	#some check: 
 	if md.qmu.numberofpartitions != max(part):
-		raise RuntimeError('AreaAverageOntoPartition error message: ''npart'' should be equal to max(md.qmu.partition)')
+		raise RuntimeError('AreaAverageOntoPartition error message: ''npart'' should be equal to max(md.qmu.vpartition)')