DMPlexCreateGmsh#

Create a DMPLEX mesh from a Gmsh file viewer

Synopsis#

#include "petscdmplex.h"   
PetscErrorCode DMPlexCreateGmsh(MPI_Comm comm, PetscViewer viewer, PetscBool interpolate, DM *dm)

Collective

Input Parameters#

comm - The MPI communicator
viewer - The PetscViewer associated with a Gmsh file
interpolate - Create faces and edges in the mesh

Output Parameter#

dm - The DM object representing the mesh

Options Database Keys#

-dm_plex_gmsh_hybrid - Force triangular prisms to use tensor order
-dm_plex_gmsh_periodic - Read Gmsh periodic section and construct a periodic Plex
-dm_plex_gmsh_highorder - Generate high-order coordinates
-dm_plex_gmsh_project - Project high-order coordinates to a different space, use the prefix dm_plex_gmsh_project_ to define the space
-dm_plex_gmsh_use_generic - Generate generic labels, i.e. Cell Sets, Face Sets, etc.
-dm_plex_gmsh_use_regions - Generate labels with region names
-dm_plex_gmsh_mark_vertices - Add vertices to generated labels
-dm_plex_gmsh_multiple_tags - Allow multiple tags for default labels
-dm_plex_gmsh_spacedim - Embedding space dimension, if different from topological dimension

Notes#

The Gmsh file format is described in http://gmsh.info/doc/texinfo/gmsh.html#MSH-file-format

By default, the “Cell Sets”, “Face Sets”, and “Vertex Sets” labels are created, and only insert the first tag on a point. By using -dm_plex_gmsh_multiple_tags, all tags can be inserted. Alternatively, -dm_plex_gmsh_use_regions creates labels based on the region names from the PhysicalNames section, and all tags are used, but you can retain the generic labels using -dm_plex_gmsh_use_generic.

Level#

beginner

Location#

src/dm/impls/plex/plexgmsh.c

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