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# DMPlexMetricSetNumIterations
Set the number of parallel adaptation iterations 
## Synopsis
```
#include "petscdmplex.h"   
PetscErrorCode DMPlexMetricSetNumIterations(DM dm, PetscInt numIter)
```

## Input parameters

- ***dm      -*** The `DM`
- ***numIter -*** the number of parallel adaptation iterations





## Note
This is only used by ParMmg (not Pragmatic or Mmg).


## See Also
 `DMPLEX`, `DMPlexMetricSetVerbosity()`, `DMPlexMetricGetNumIterations()`

## Level
beginner

## Location
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/dm/impls/plex/plexmetric.c.html#DMPlexMetricSetNumIterations">src/dm/impls/plex/plexmetric.c</A>


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