# Data Management (DM)
`DM` objects are used to manage communication between the algebraic structures in PETSc (`Vec` and `Mat`) and mesh data structures
in PDE-based (or other) simulations. See, for structured grids `DMDA`, for staggered grids `DMSTAG`, and for unstructured grids `DMPLEX`.
Users guide chapter: [](part_dm).
Examples
Source files
stagintern.c
stagstencil.c
stag1d.c
stagda.c
stag3d.c
stag2d.c
stagutils.c
stag.c
stagmulti.c
Directories
tests
tutorials