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DMPlexCreatePLYFromFile

 Create a DMPlex mesh from a PLY file.

Synopsis

#include "petscdmplex.h"   
PetscErrorCode DMPlexCreatePLYFromFile(MPI_Comm comm, const char filename[], PetscBool interpolate, DM *dm)
comm - The MPI communicator
filename - Name of the .med file
interpolate - Create faces and edges in the mesh

Output Parameter

dm - The DM object representing the mesh

Note: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PLY_(file_format)

See Also

DMPlexCreateFromFile(), DMPlexCreateMedFromFile(), DMPlexCreateGmsh(), DMPlexCreate()

Level

beginner

Location

src/dm/impls/plex/plexply.c
Index of all DMPLEX routines
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