diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 6a175f2f6f984884261375f3312d9ffe77524819..56063123c93d7a23b4d006f6078c37b6966b8cd5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Version X (?/?/?)
 - !!!Break compatiblity with C++98, require C++11 as mininum!!!
+- Renamed *T.cc into *T_impl.hh to avoid ugly problems ith several IDEs
 - Fix bug in halfface reordering
 - Track if garbage collection is necessary.
 - Ignore non-serializable datatypes when saving properties instead of throwing exception. 
diff --git a/cmake/ACGCommon.cmake b/cmake/ACGCommon.cmake
index 2f0ecd2a79f92eb9b29eae8c3eb6587bd541d1ce..fdba37a89ad337b6a1fc26d45230027877c01e78 100644
--- a/cmake/ACGCommon.cmake
+++ b/cmake/ACGCommon.cmake
@@ -221,16 +221,6 @@ macro (acg_append_files_recursive ret ext)
   endforeach ()
 endmacro ()
 
-
-# drop all "*T.cc" files from list
-macro (acg_drop_templates list)
-  foreach (_file ${${list}})
-    if (_file MATCHES "T.cc$")
-      list (REMOVE_ITEM ${list} ${_file})
-    endif ()
-  endforeach ()
-endmacro ()
-
 # get all files in directory, but ignore svn
 macro (acg_get_files_in_dir ret dir)
   file (GLOB_RECURSE __files RELATIVE "${dir}" "${dir}/*")
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 8bc8e8cff6213782184b8ca1f6671e82cf82d707..45a3388b65bcd5bdaf6302799dcc2b99e7d8e75e 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@ set (directories
 acg_append_files (headers "*.hh" ${directories})
 acg_append_files (sources "*.cc" ${directories})
 
-# Don't build template cc files as they only contain templates
-acg_drop_templates(sources)
-
 # Disable Library installation when not building OpenVolumeMesh on its own but as part of another project!
 if ( NOT ${PROJECT_NAME} MATCHES "OpenVolumeMesh")
   set(ACG_NO_LIBRARY_INSTALL true)
@@ -51,20 +48,6 @@ install(DIRECTORY .
         PATTERN "tmp" EXCLUDE
         PATTERN "Templates" EXCLUDE
         PATTERN "Debian*" EXCLUDE)
-
-#install Template cc files (required by headers)
-install(DIRECTORY . 
-        DESTINATION include
-        FILES_MATCHING 
-        PATTERN "*T.cc"
-        PATTERN "Unittests" EXCLUDE
-        PATTERN "FileConverter" EXCLUDE
-        PATTERN "CVS" EXCLUDE
-        PATTERN ".svn" EXCLUDE
-        PATTERN "tmp" EXCLUDE
-        PATTERN "Templates" EXCLUDE
-        PATTERN "Debian*" EXCLUDE)
-
 endif ()
 
 # Only build unittests and file converter
diff --git a/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Attribs/ColorAttrib.hh b/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Attribs/ColorAttrib.hh
index e20eb0ee801401f72c43ca041f359a0928880e7a..1f9d449ec1408b267643d5816e05ba3ac642d42e 100644
--- a/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Attribs/ColorAttrib.hh
+++ b/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Attribs/ColorAttrib.hh
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ private:
 } // Namespace OpenVolumeMesh
 
 #if defined(INCLUDE_TEMPLATES) && !defined(COLORATTRIBT_CC)
-#include "ColorAttribT.cc"
+#include "ColorAttribT_impl.hh"
 #endif
 
 #endif /* COLORATTRIB_HH_ */
diff --git a/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Attribs/ColorAttribT.cc b/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Attribs/ColorAttribT_impl.hh
similarity index 100%
rename from src/OpenVolumeMesh/Attribs/ColorAttribT.cc
rename to src/OpenVolumeMesh/Attribs/ColorAttribT_impl.hh
diff --git a/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Attribs/NormalAttrib.hh b/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Attribs/NormalAttrib.hh
index 671edb8874332f8def90c709fb1dba66287a477c..d1bd67f3ebd2e723744dec82169119207bb85745 100644
--- a/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Attribs/NormalAttrib.hh
+++ b/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Attribs/NormalAttrib.hh
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ private:
 } // Namespace OpenVolumeMesh
 
 #if defined(INCLUDE_TEMPLATES) && !defined(NORMALATTRIBT_CC)
-#include "NormalAttribT.cc"
+#include "NormalAttribT_impl.hh"
 #endif
 
 #endif /* NORMALATTRIB_HH_ */
diff --git a/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Attribs/NormalAttribT.cc b/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Attribs/NormalAttribT_impl.hh
similarity index 100%
rename from src/OpenVolumeMesh/Attribs/NormalAttribT.cc
rename to src/OpenVolumeMesh/Attribs/NormalAttribT_impl.hh
diff --git a/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Attribs/StatusAttrib.hh b/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Attribs/StatusAttrib.hh
index 1215369a311082366f9ce4ae7cfb92c70c38400d..5ba268d20d62857f85b26462d9a9f3444001d832 100644
--- a/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Attribs/StatusAttrib.hh
+++ b/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Attribs/StatusAttrib.hh
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ private:
 } // Namespace OpenVolumeMesh
 
 #if defined(INCLUDE_TEMPLATES) && !defined(STATUSATTRIBT_CC)
-#include "StatusAttribT.cc"
+#include "StatusAttribT_impl.hh"
 #endif
 
 #endif /* STATUSATTRIB_HH_ */
diff --git a/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Attribs/StatusAttribT.cc b/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Attribs/StatusAttribT_impl.hh
similarity index 100%
rename from src/OpenVolumeMesh/Attribs/StatusAttribT.cc
rename to src/OpenVolumeMesh/Attribs/StatusAttribT_impl.hh
diff --git a/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Attribs/TexCoordAttrib.hh b/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Attribs/TexCoordAttrib.hh
index b042d1c4e6c5943ef669458f4fc107cb069c90a8..865bffcd6d58e3d35c70fec025fd6ec17ede97f8 100644
--- a/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Attribs/TexCoordAttrib.hh
+++ b/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Attribs/TexCoordAttrib.hh
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ private:
 } // Namespace OpenVolumeMesh
 
 #if defined(INCLUDE_TEMPLATES) && !defined(TEXCOORDATTRIBT_CC)
-#include "TexCoordAttribT.cc"
+#include "TexCoordAttribT_impl.hh"
 #endif
 
 #endif /* TEXCOORDATTRIB_HH_ */
diff --git a/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Attribs/TexCoordAttribT.cc b/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Attribs/TexCoordAttribT_impl.hh
similarity index 100%
rename from src/OpenVolumeMesh/Attribs/TexCoordAttribT.cc
rename to src/OpenVolumeMesh/Attribs/TexCoordAttribT_impl.hh
diff --git a/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/PropertyDefines.hh b/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/PropertyDefines.hh
index 4d0744f8658d199d7237d9d365de08d340bc54a3..ec429b454ab4560cdc62ae7cb53e8e128414594c 100644
--- a/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/PropertyDefines.hh
+++ b/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/PropertyDefines.hh
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ private:
 } // Namespace OpenVolumeMesh
 
 #if defined(INCLUDE_TEMPLATES) && !defined(PROPERTYDEFINEST_CC)
-#include "PropertyDefinesT.cc"
+#include "PropertyDefinesT_impl.hh"
 #endif
 
 #endif /* PROPERTYDEFINES_HH_ */
diff --git a/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/PropertyDefinesT.cc b/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/PropertyDefinesT_impl.hh
similarity index 100%
rename from src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/PropertyDefinesT.cc
rename to src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/PropertyDefinesT_impl.hh
diff --git a/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/PropertyPtr.hh b/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/PropertyPtr.hh
index 0e83cf6093b6508bd4b1fb95ba289a4663d25996..4e180ac632df13bef15ec62d55df45aa4270b3cf 100644
--- a/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/PropertyPtr.hh
+++ b/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/PropertyPtr.hh
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ protected:
 } // Namespace OpenVolumeMesh
 
 #if defined(INCLUDE_TEMPLATES) && !defined(PROPERTYPTRT_CC)
-#include "PropertyPtrT.cc"
+#include "PropertyPtrT_impl.hh"
 #endif
 
 #endif /* PROPERTYPTR_HH_ */
diff --git a/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/PropertyPtrT.cc b/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/PropertyPtrT_impl.hh
similarity index 100%
rename from src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/PropertyPtrT.cc
rename to src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/PropertyPtrT_impl.hh
diff --git a/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/ResourceManager.hh b/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/ResourceManager.hh
index a8507c9376145663fdf5865bb4d4321ae3cb37e5..9e671cb590880a12e5442f9aebb3a6d5e0795cc2 100644
--- a/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/ResourceManager.hh
+++ b/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/ResourceManager.hh
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ private:
 }
 
 #if defined(INCLUDE_TEMPLATES) && !defined(RESOURCEMANAGERT_CC)
-#include "ResourceManagerT.cc"
+#include "ResourceManagerT_impl.hh"
 #endif
 
 #endif /* RESOURCEMANAGER_HH_ */
diff --git a/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/ResourceManagerT.cc b/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/ResourceManagerT_impl.hh
similarity index 100%
rename from src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/ResourceManagerT.cc
rename to src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/ResourceManagerT_impl.hh
diff --git a/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/Serializers.hh b/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/Serializers.hh
index fe7d558a3adbdac941046e9306b83fde4228ba2d..650376ee9f2924f5ddeb53ac707cfd2c758e4f51 100644
--- a/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/Serializers.hh
+++ b/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/Serializers.hh
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ std::istream& operator>>(std::istream& is, std::vector< bool >& rhs);
 }
 
 #if defined(INCLUDE_TEMPLATES) && !defined(SERIALIZERST_CC)
-#include "SerializersT.cc"
+#include "SerializersT_impl.hh"
 #endif
 
 #endif // SERIALIZERS_HH
diff --git a/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/SerializersT.cc b/src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/SerializersT_impl.hh
similarity index 100%
rename from src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/SerializersT.cc
rename to src/OpenVolumeMesh/Core/SerializersT_impl.hh
diff --git a/src/OpenVolumeMesh/FileManager/FileManager.hh b/src/OpenVolumeMesh/FileManager/FileManager.hh
index 9cbe9b56ffd9eefbe6c309a9686a440f52db002e..f6f18cd2e324a6dbdf97b634a59fe95aa5d517ee 100644
--- a/src/OpenVolumeMesh/FileManager/FileManager.hh
+++ b/src/OpenVolumeMesh/FileManager/FileManager.hh
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ private:
 } // Namespace FileManager
 
 #if defined(INCLUDE_TEMPLATES) && !defined(FILEMANAGERT_CC)
-#include "FileManagerT.cc"
+#include "FileManagerT_impl.hh"
 #endif
 
 #endif /* FILEMANAGER_HH_ */
diff --git a/src/OpenVolumeMesh/FileManager/FileManagerT.cc b/src/OpenVolumeMesh/FileManager/FileManagerT_impl.hh
similarity index 100%
rename from src/OpenVolumeMesh/FileManager/FileManagerT.cc
rename to src/OpenVolumeMesh/FileManager/FileManagerT_impl.hh