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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 on dm

Input Parameter

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

Output Parameter

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.

See Also

DMPlexCreate(), DMSetAdjacency(), DMPlexGetOverlap()

Level

intermediate

Location

src/dm/impls/plex/plexdistribute.c

Examples

src/dm/impls/plex/examples/tutorials/ex1.c.html
src/dm/impls/plex/examples/tutorials/ex5.c.html
src/dm/examples/tutorials/ex20.c.html
src/dm/label/examples/tutorials/ex1.c.html
src/dm/label/examples/tutorials/ex1f90.F90.html
src/dm/field/examples/tutorials/ex1.c.html
src/snes/examples/tutorials/ex12.c.html
src/snes/examples/tutorials/ex56.c.html
src/snes/examples/tutorials/ex62.c.html
src/snes/examples/tutorials/ex77.c.html
src/ts/examples/tutorials/ex11.c.html

Index of all DMPLEX routines
Table of Contents for all manual pages
Index of all manual pages