diff --git a/BGL/test/BGL/data/full.off b/BGL/test/BGL/data/full.off
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1bbef04a906
--- /dev/null
+++ b/BGL/test/BGL/data/full.off
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+STCNOFF
+4 4 0
+
+0 0 0 -1 0 0 255 0 0 0 0
+1 0 0 1 0 0 0 255 0 1 0
+0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 255 0.5 0.5
+0 0 1 0 0 1 255 0 0 1 1
+
+3 0 1 2 255 0 0
+3 3 1 0 0 255 0
+3 3 2 1 0 0 255
+3 3 0 2 255 0 255
diff --git a/BGL/test/BGL/test_bgl_read_write.cpp b/BGL/test/BGL/test_bgl_read_write.cpp
index a34305bdba1..7e8084ba305 100644
--- a/BGL/test/BGL/test_bgl_read_write.cpp
+++ b/BGL/test/BGL/test_bgl_read_write.cpp
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ void fill_soup(PointRange& points, PolygonRange& polygons)
 }
 
 template<typename Mesh>
-void test_bgl_read_write(const char* filename)
+void test_bgl_OFF(const char* filename)
 {
   Mesh sm;
   std::ifstream in(filename);
@@ -82,7 +82,39 @@ void test_bgl_read_write(const char* filename)
   CGAL::write_OFF(std::cout, sm);
 }
 
-void test_bgl_soup_off(const char* filename)
+//todo check the result.
+template<typename Mesh>
+void test_bgl_NCSTOFF()
+{
+  Mesh fg;
+  std::ifstream in("data/full.off");
+  typedef typename boost::property_map<Mesh, CGAL::dynamic_vertex_property_t<Kernel::Vector_3> >::type VertexNormalMap;
+  VertexNormalMap vnm  = get(CGAL::dynamic_vertex_property_t<Kernel::Vector_3>(), fg);
+
+  typedef typename boost::property_map<Mesh, CGAL::dynamic_vertex_property_t<CGAL::Color> >::type VertexColorMap;
+  VertexColorMap vcm  = get(CGAL::dynamic_vertex_property_t<CGAL::Color>(), fg);
+
+  typedef typename boost::property_map<Mesh, CGAL::dynamic_vertex_property_t<Kernel::Point_2> >::type VertexTextureMap;
+  VertexTextureMap vtm  = get(CGAL::dynamic_vertex_property_t<Kernel::Point_2>(), fg);
+
+  typedef typename boost::property_map<Mesh, CGAL::dynamic_face_property_t<CGAL::Color> >::type FaceColorMap;
+  FaceColorMap fcm  = get(CGAL::dynamic_face_property_t<CGAL::Color>(), fg);
+
+
+  bool ok = CGAL::read_OFF(in,fg, CGAL::parameters::vertex_normal_map(vnm)
+                 .vertex_color_map(vcm)
+                 .vertex_texture_map(vtm)
+                 .face_color_map(fcm));
+  CGAL_assertion(ok);
+
+  ok = CGAL::write_OFF(std::cout, fg, CGAL::parameters::vertex_normal_map(vnm)
+                  .vertex_color_map(vcm)
+                  .vertex_texture_map(vtm)
+                  .face_color_map(fcm));
+  CGAL_assertion(ok);
+}
+
+void test_soup_off(const char* filename)
 {
   std::vector<Point> points;
   std::vector<std::vector<std::size_t> > polygons;
@@ -421,17 +453,24 @@ bool test_PLY(bool binary = false)
 //todo tests with all NPs and without NP for all tests
 int main(int argc, char** argv)
 {
-
-/*  const char* filename=(argc>1) ? argv[1] : "data/prim.off";
+/*
+  const char* filename=(argc>1) ? argv[1] : "data/prim.off";
   // OFF
-  test_bgl_read_write<Polyhedron>(filename);
-  test_bgl_read_write<SM>(filename);
-  test_bgl_read_write<LCC>(filename);
-  test_bgl_soup_off(filename);
+  test_bgl_OFF<Polyhedron>(filename);
+  test_bgl_OFF<SM>(filename);
+  test_bgl_OFF<LCC>(filename);
 #ifdef CGAL_USE_OPENMESH
-  test_bgl_read_write<OMesh>(filename);
+  test_bgl_OFF<OMesh>(filename);
+#endif*/
+  //polyhedron's overload doesn't care for any np that is not vpm
+  //test_bgl_NCSTOFF<Polyhedron>();
+  test_bgl_NCSTOFF<SM>();
+  test_bgl_NCSTOFF<LCC>();
+#ifdef CGAL_USE_OPENMESH
+  test_bgl_NCSTOFF<OMesh>();
 #endif
-*/
+ /* test_soup_off(filename);
+
   // OBJ
   test_bgl_OBJ<Polyhedron>();
   test_bgl_OBJ<SM>();
@@ -441,7 +480,6 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
   test_bgl_OBJ<OMesh>();
 #endif
 
-  /*
   //PLY
   if(!test_PLY<Polyhedron>())
     return 1;
diff --git a/Linear_cell_complex/include/CGAL/boost/graph/properties_Linear_cell_complex_for_combinatorial_map.h b/Linear_cell_complex/include/CGAL/boost/graph/properties_Linear_cell_complex_for_combinatorial_map.h
index ec796d51725..582d7d956b8 100644
--- a/Linear_cell_complex/include/CGAL/boost/graph/properties_Linear_cell_complex_for_combinatorial_map.h
+++ b/Linear_cell_complex/include/CGAL/boost/graph/properties_Linear_cell_complex_for_combinatorial_map.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <CGAL/boost/graph/properties.h>
 #include <CGAL/Linear_cell_complex_for_combinatorial_map.h>
 #include <CGAL/Unique_hash_map.h>
+#include <CGAL/Dynamic_property_map.h>
 
 
 #define CGAL_LCC_ARGS unsigned int d_, unsigned int ambient_dim,        \
@@ -185,7 +186,6 @@ struct LCC_property_map<edge_external_index_t>
     typedef type const_type;
   };
 };
-
 template <>
 struct LCC_property_map<halfedge_external_index_t>
 {
@@ -197,8 +197,6 @@ struct LCC_property_map<halfedge_external_index_t>
     typedef type const_type;
   };
 };
-
-
 template <>
 struct LCC_property_map<vertex_external_index_t>
 {
@@ -210,7 +208,6 @@ struct LCC_property_map<vertex_external_index_t>
     typedef type const_type;
   };
 };
-
 template <>
 struct LCC_property_map<face_external_index_t>
 {
@@ -237,7 +234,6 @@ get(boost::halfedge_external_index_t, CGAL_LCC_TYPE const&)
   return typename boost::property_map<CGAL_LCC_TYPE, boost::halfedge_external_index_t>::
     const_type(halfedges(ncmap).begin(), halfedges(ncmap).end(), num_halfedges(ncmap));
 }
-
 template<CGAL_LCC_ARGS>
 typename boost::property_map<CGAL_LCC_TYPE, boost::vertex_external_index_t >::const_type
 get(boost::vertex_external_index_t, CGAL_LCC_TYPE const&)
@@ -246,7 +242,6 @@ get(boost::vertex_external_index_t, CGAL_LCC_TYPE const&)
   return typename boost::property_map<CGAL_LCC_TYPE, boost::vertex_external_index_t>::
     const_type(vertices(ncmap).begin(), vertices(ncmap).end(), num_vertices(ncmap));
 }
-
 template<CGAL_LCC_ARGS>
 typename boost::property_map<CGAL_LCC_TYPE, boost::edge_external_index_t >::const_type
 get(boost::edge_external_index_t, CGAL_LCC_TYPE const&)
@@ -254,7 +249,6 @@ get(boost::edge_external_index_t, CGAL_LCC_TYPE const&)
   return typename boost::property_map<CGAL_LCC_TYPE, boost::edge_external_index_t>::
     const_type(const_cast<CGAL_LCC_TYPE&>(cmap));
 }
-
 template<CGAL_LCC_ARGS>
 typename boost::property_map<CGAL_LCC_TYPE, boost::face_external_index_t >::const_type
 get(boost::face_external_index_t, CGAL_LCC_TYPE const&)
@@ -273,7 +267,6 @@ get(boost::edge_index_t, CGAL_LCC_TYPE const& cmap)
   return typename boost::property_map<CGAL_LCC_TYPE,boost::edge_index_t>::
     const_type(const_cast<CGAL_LCC_TYPE&>(cmap));
 }
-
 template<CGAL_LCC_ARGS>
 typename boost::property_map<CGAL_LCC_TYPE, boost::halfedge_index_t >::const_type
 get(boost::halfedge_index_t, CGAL_LCC_TYPE const& cmap)
@@ -281,7 +274,6 @@ get(boost::halfedge_index_t, CGAL_LCC_TYPE const& cmap)
   return typename boost::property_map<CGAL_LCC_TYPE,boost::halfedge_index_t>::
     const_type(const_cast<CGAL_LCC_TYPE&>(cmap));
 }
-
 template<CGAL_LCC_ARGS>
 typename boost::property_map<CGAL_LCC_TYPE, boost::vertex_index_t >::const_type
 get(boost::vertex_index_t, CGAL_LCC_TYPE const& cmap)
@@ -289,7 +281,6 @@ get(boost::vertex_index_t, CGAL_LCC_TYPE const& cmap)
   return typename boost::property_map<CGAL_LCC_TYPE,boost::vertex_index_t>::
     const_type(const_cast<CGAL_LCC_TYPE&>(cmap));
 }
-
 template<CGAL_LCC_ARGS>
 typename boost::property_map<CGAL_LCC_TYPE, boost::face_index_t >::const_type
 get(boost::face_index_t, CGAL_LCC_TYPE const& cmap)
@@ -297,7 +288,6 @@ get(boost::face_index_t, CGAL_LCC_TYPE const& cmap)
   return typename boost::property_map<CGAL_LCC_TYPE,boost::face_index_t>::
     const_type(const_cast<CGAL_LCC_TYPE&>(cmap));
 }
-
 */
 
 /*template<CGAL_LCC_ARGS>
@@ -326,7 +316,6 @@ get(boost::halfedge_external_index_t, CGAL_LCC_TYPE&)
   return typename boost::property_map<CGAL_LCC_TYPE, boost::halfedge_external_index_t>::
     type(halfedges(cmap).begin(), halfedges(cmap).end(), num_halfedges(cmap));
 }
-
 template<CGAL_LCC_ARGS>
 typename boost::property_map<CGAL_LCC_TYPE, boost::vertex_external_index_t >::type
 get(boost::vertex_external_index_t, CGAL_LCC_TYPE&)
@@ -334,7 +323,6 @@ get(boost::vertex_external_index_t, CGAL_LCC_TYPE&)
   return typename boost::property_map<CGAL_LCC_TYPE, boost::vertex_external_index_t>::
     type(vertices(cmap).begin(), vertices(cmap).end(), num_vertices(cmap));
 }
-
 template<CGAL_LCC_ARGS>
 typename boost::property_map<CGAL_LCC_TYPE, boost::edge_external_index_t >::type
 get(boost::edge_external_index_t, CGAL_LCC_TYPE& cmap)
@@ -342,8 +330,6 @@ get(boost::edge_external_index_t, CGAL_LCC_TYPE& cmap)
   return typename boost::property_map<CGAL_LCC_TYPE, boost::edge_external_index_t>::
     type(const_cast<CGAL_LCC_TYPE&>(cmap));
 }
-
-
 template<CGAL_LCC_ARGS>
 typename boost::property_map<CGAL_LCC_TYPE, boost::face_external_index_t >::type
 get(boost::face_external_index_t, CGAL_LCC_TYPE&)
@@ -402,6 +388,76 @@ struct property_map<const CGAL_LCC_TYPE, Tag>
 
 } // namespace boost
 
+// dynamic property map ambiguity resolution
+#define CGAL_LCC_DYNAMIC_PMAP_SPEC(TAG, DESC) \
+namespace boost { \
+template<unsigned int d_, unsigned int ambient_dim,        \
+         class Traits_, \
+         class Items_, \
+         class Alloc_, \
+         template<unsigned int,class,class,class,class> \
+         class CMap, \
+         class Storage_,\
+         class T>\
+struct property_map< \
+  CGAL::Linear_cell_complex_for_combinatorial_map<d_, ambient_dim, Traits_, Items_, Alloc_, CMap , Storage_>,\
+  TAG<T> > \
+{\
+  typedef CGAL::Linear_cell_complex_for_combinatorial_map\
+           <d_, ambient_dim, Traits_, Items_, Alloc_, CMap , Storage_> LCC;\
+  typedef typename boost::graph_traits<LCC>::DESC DESC;\
+  typedef CGAL::internal::Dynamic_property_map<DESC,T> type;\
+  typedef type const_type;\
+};\
+} \
+\
+namespace CGAL { \
+template <unsigned int d_, unsigned int ambient_dim,        \
+         class Traits_, \
+         class Items_, \
+         class Alloc_, \
+         template<unsigned int,class,class,class,class> \
+         class CMap, \
+         class Storage_,\
+         class T> \
+typename boost::property_map< \
+  Linear_cell_complex_for_combinatorial_map<d_, ambient_dim, Traits_, Items_, Alloc_, CMap , Storage_>, \
+  TAG<T> >::const_type \
+get(TAG<T>, const Linear_cell_complex_for_combinatorial_map<d_, ambient_dim, Traits_, Items_, Alloc_, CMap , Storage_>&) \
+{ \
+  typedef Linear_cell_complex_for_combinatorial_map<d_, ambient_dim, Traits_, Items_, Alloc_, CMap , Storage_> LCC;\
+  typedef typename boost::graph_traits<LCC>::DESC DESC; \
+  return internal::Dynamic_property_map<DESC,T>();\
+} \
+\
+template <unsigned int d_, unsigned int ambient_dim,        \
+         class Traits_, \
+         class Items_, \
+         class Alloc_, \
+         template<unsigned int,class,class,class,class> \
+         class CMap, \
+         class Storage_,\
+         class T> \
+typename boost::property_map< \
+  Linear_cell_complex_for_combinatorial_map<d_, ambient_dim, Traits_, Items_, Alloc_, CMap , Storage_>, \
+  TAG<T> >::type \
+get(TAG<T>, Linear_cell_complex_for_combinatorial_map<d_, ambient_dim, Traits_, Items_, Alloc_, CMap , Storage_>&) \
+{ \
+  typedef Linear_cell_complex_for_combinatorial_map<d_, ambient_dim, Traits_, Items_, Alloc_, CMap , Storage_> LCC;\
+  typedef typename boost::graph_traits<LCC>::DESC DESC; \
+  return internal::Dynamic_property_map<DESC,T>();\
+} \
+}
+
+CGAL_LCC_DYNAMIC_PMAP_SPEC(CGAL::dynamic_vertex_property_t, vertex_descriptor)
+CGAL_LCC_DYNAMIC_PMAP_SPEC(CGAL::dynamic_halfedge_property_t, halfedge_descriptor)
+CGAL_LCC_DYNAMIC_PMAP_SPEC(CGAL::dynamic_edge_property_t, edge_descriptor)
+CGAL_LCC_DYNAMIC_PMAP_SPEC(CGAL::dynamic_face_property_t, face_descriptor)
+
+#undef CGAL_LCC_DYNAMIC_PMAP_SPEC
+
+
+#undef CGAL_NAME_LCC_ARGS
 #undef CGAL_LCC_ARGS
 #undef CGAL_LCC_TYPE
 
diff --git a/Stream_support/include/CGAL/IO/OFF.h b/Stream_support/include/CGAL/IO/OFF.h
index 0e70bc19d1d..bab3d078033 100644
--- a/Stream_support/include/CGAL/IO/OFF.h
+++ b/Stream_support/include/CGAL/IO/OFF.h
@@ -143,7 +143,8 @@ bool read_OFF(std::istream& is,
     }
   }
 
-  return !is.fail();
+  bool res = !is.fail();
+  return res;
 }
 
 } // namespace internal
diff --git a/Stream_support/include/CGAL/IO/OFF/File_scanner_OFF.h b/Stream_support/include/CGAL/IO/OFF/File_scanner_OFF.h
index abfe51bc295..b72389f3d76 100644
--- a/Stream_support/include/CGAL/IO/OFF/File_scanner_OFF.h
+++ b/Stream_support/include/CGAL/IO/OFF/File_scanner_OFF.h
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
 // ETH Zurich (Switzerland),
 // INRIA Sophia-Antipolis (France),
 // Max-Planck-Institute Saarbruecken (Germany),
-// and Tel-Aviv University (Israel).  All rights reserved. 
+// and Tel-Aviv University (Israel).  All rights reserved.
 //
 // This file is part of CGAL (www.cgal.org);
 //
 // $URL$
 // $Id$
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-or-later OR LicenseRef-Commercial
-// 
+//
 //
 // Author(s)     : Lutz Kettner  <kettner@mpi-sb.mpg.de>
 
@@ -247,14 +247,79 @@ public:
 
   void scan_texture(float& x, float& y, float& w)
   {
-    // @ todo
-    CGAL_assertion(false);
+    if(has_textures())
+    {
+      if(binary())
+      {
+        float fx, fy;
+        I_Binary_read_big_endian_float32(m_in, fx);
+        I_Binary_read_big_endian_float32(m_in, fy);
+        if(is_homogeneous())
+        {
+          float fw;
+          I_Binary_read_big_endian_float32(m_in, fw);
+          x = fx / fw;
+          y = fy / fw;
+        } else
+        {
+          x = fx;
+          y = fy;
+        }
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        if(is_homogeneous())
+        {
+          float fx, fy, fw;
+          m_in >> iformat(fx) >> iformat(fy) >> iformat(fw);
+          x = fx / fw;
+          y = fy / fw;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+          m_in >> iformat(x) >> iformat(y);
+        }
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   void scan_texture(double& x, double& y, double& w)
   {
-    // @ todo
-    CGAL_assertion(false);
+    w=1;
+    if(has_textures())
+    {
+      if(binary())
+      {
+        float fx, fy;
+        I_Binary_read_big_endian_float32(m_in, fx);
+        I_Binary_read_big_endian_float32(m_in, fy);
+        if(is_homogeneous())
+        {
+          float fw;
+          I_Binary_read_big_endian_float32(m_in, fw);
+          x = fx / fw;
+          y = fy / fw;
+        } else
+        {
+          x = fx;
+          y = fy;
+        }
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        if(is_homogeneous())
+        {
+          float fx, fy, fw;
+          m_in >> iformat(fx) >> iformat(fy) >> iformat(fw);
+          x = fx / fw;
+          y = fy / fw;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+          m_in >> iformat(x) >> iformat(y);
+        }
+      }
+    }
   }
 
 
@@ -635,6 +700,7 @@ public:
 
     std::string col;
     //get the line content
+    std::streampos position = is.tellg();
     std::getline(is, col);
     //split it into strings
     std::istringstream iss(col);
@@ -663,6 +729,7 @@ public:
       else
         rgb[index] = static_cast<unsigned char>(atoi(color_info.c_str()));
 
+      position += (color_info.length()+ index)*sizeof(char); //index indicates the number of whitespaces read.
       ++index;
       if(index == 3)
         break;
@@ -675,7 +742,7 @@ public:
     //else create the coor with the 3 values;
     else
       color = CGAL::Color(rgb[0], rgb[1], rgb[2]);
-
+    is.seekg(position);
     return color;
   }