| -dm_refine_pre | - Refine mesh before distribution + -dm_refine_uniform_pre - Choose uniform or generator-based refinement + -dm_refine_volume_limit_pre - Cell volume limit after pre-refinement using generator | |
| -dm_distribute | - Distribute mesh across processes | |
| -dm_distribute_overlap | - Number of cells to overlap for distribution | |
| -dm_refine | - Refine mesh after distribution | |
| -dm_plex_hash_location | - Use grid hashing for point location | |
| -dm_plex_partition_balance | - Attempt to evenly divide points on partition boundary between processes | |
| -dm_plex_remesh_bd | - Allow changes to the boundary on remeshing | |
| -dm_plex_max_projection_height | - Maxmimum mesh point height used to project locally | |
| -dm_plex_regular_refinement | - Use special nested projection algorithm for regular refinement | |
| -dm_plex_check_all | - Perform all shecks below | |
| -dm_plex_check_symmetry | - Check that the adjacency information in the mesh is symmetric | |
| -dm_plex_check_skeleton <celltype> | - Check that each cell has the correct number of vertices | |
| -dm_plex_check_faces <celltype> | - Check that the faces of each cell give a vertex order this is consistent with what we expect from the cell type | |
| -dm_plex_check_geometry | - Check that cells have positive volume | |
| -dm_view :mesh.tex:ascii_latex | - View the mesh in LaTeX/TikZ | |
| -dm_plex_view_scale <num> | - Scale the TikZ | |
| -dm_plex_print_fem <num> | - View FEM assembly information, such as element vectors and matrices |