function face = readmmcface(filename)
%
% face=readmmcface(filename)
%
% Loading MMC surface triangle file
%
% author: Qianqian Fang (q.fang <at> neu.edu)
%
% input:
%     filename: the file name to the surface element data file
%
% output:
%     face: the surface triangle element list
%
% example:
%     face=readmmcface('face_sph1.dat');
%
% this file is part of Mesh-based Monte Carlo (MMC)
%
% License: GPLv3, see http://mcx.sf.net/mmc/ for details
%

fid = fopen(filename, 'rt');
[header, c] = fscanf(fid, '%d', 2);
face = fscanf(fid, '%d', [5 header(2)]);
fclose(fid);

face = face';
face = face(:, 2:4);
