Summary of Unstructured Mesh Transformations#

DMPlexTransformType

Accepts Active Label

Description

Mesh filtering

transform_filter

Yes

Preserve a subset of the mesh marked by a DMLabel

Regular Refinement

refine_regular

No

Splits all $k$-cells into $2^k$ pieces

Alfeld Refinement

refine_alfeld

No

Barycentric refinement for simplicies

Skeleton-based Refinement (SBR)

refine_sbr

Yes

Simplicial refinement from Plaza and Carey

1D Refinement

refine_1d

No

Optimized refinement for 1D meshes that preserves the canonical ordering

Simplex-to-Box transform

refine_tobox

No

Replaces each simplex cell with $2^d$ box cells

Box-to-Simplex transform

refine_tosimplex

No

Replaces each box cell with simplex cells

Mesh extrusion

extrude

Yes

Extrude $n$ layers of cells from a surface

Boundary Layer Extrusion

refine_boundary_layer

Yes

Creates $n$ layers of tensor cells along marked boundaries

Cohesive cell extrusion

cohesive_extrude

Yes

Extrude a layer of cells into a mesh from an internal surface