:orphan: # DMPlexCreateReferenceCell Create a `DMPLEX` with the appropriate FEM reference cell ## Synopsis ``` #include "petscdmplex.h" #include "petscdmplex.h" PetscErrorCode DMPlexCreateReferenceCell(MPI_Comm comm, DMPolytopeType ct, DM *refdm) ``` Collective ## Input Parameters - ***comm -*** The communicator - ***ct -*** The cell type of the reference cell ## Output Parameter - ***refdm -*** The reference cell ## See Also [](ch_unstructured), `DM`, `DMPLEX`, `DMPlexCreateReferenceCell()`, `DMPlexCreateBoxMesh()` ## Level intermediate ## Location src/dm/impls/plex/plexcreate.c ## Examples src/dm/dt/dualspace/impls/lagrange/tutorials/ex1.c
## Implementations DMPlexCreateReferenceCell_Internal in src/dm/impls/plex/plexcreate.c
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