DMPlexDistribute#

Distributes the mesh and any associated sections.

Synopsis#

#include "petscdmplex.h"   
#include "petscdmlabel.h"  
PetscErrorCode DMPlexDistribute(DM dm, PetscInt overlap, PetscSF *sf, DM *dmParallel)

Collective

Input Parameters#

dm - The original DMPLEX object
overlap - The overlap of partitions, 0 is the default

Output Parameters#

sf - The PetscSF used for point distribution, or NULL if not needed
dmParallel - The distributed DMPLEX object

Note#

If the mesh was not distributed, the output dmParallel will be NULL.

The user can control the definition of adjacency for the mesh using DMSetAdjacency(). They should choose the combination appropriate for the function representation on the mesh.

Level#

intermediate

Location#

src/dm/impls/plex/plexdistribute.c

Examples#

src/dm/label/tutorials/ex1.c
src/dm/tutorials/ex21.c
src/dm/tutorials/ex20.c
src/ts/tutorials/ex11_sa.c
src/dm/label/tutorials/ex1f90.F90
src/ts/tutorials/ex30.c

Index of all DMPlex routines
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