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# DMPolytopeType
This describes the polytope represented by each cell. 
## Synopsis
```
typedef enum {
  DM_POLYTOPE_POINT,
  DM_POLYTOPE_SEGMENT,
  DM_POLYTOPE_POINT_PRISM_TENSOR,
  DM_POLYTOPE_TRIANGLE,
  DM_POLYTOPE_QUADRILATERAL,
  DM_POLYTOPE_SEG_PRISM_TENSOR,
  DM_POLYTOPE_TETRAHEDRON,
  DM_POLYTOPE_HEXAHEDRON,
  DM_POLYTOPE_TRI_PRISM,
  DM_POLYTOPE_TRI_PRISM_TENSOR,
  DM_POLYTOPE_QUAD_PRISM_TENSOR,
  DM_POLYTOPE_PYRAMID,
  DM_POLYTOPE_FV_GHOST,
  DM_POLYTOPE_INTERIOR_GHOST,
  DM_POLYTOPE_UNKNOWN,
  DM_NUM_POLYTOPES
} DMPolytopeType;
```


While most operations only need the topology information in the `DMPLEX`, we must sometimes have the
user specify a polytope. For instance, when interpolating from a cell-vertex mesh, the type of
polytope can be ambiguous. Also, `DMPLEX` allows different symmetries of a prism cell with the same
constituent points. Normally these types are automatically inferred and the user does not specify
them.


## See Also
 `DM`, `DMPlexComputeCellTypes()`

## Level
beginner

## Location
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/include/petscdmtypes.h.html#DMPolytopeType">include/petscdmtypes.h</A>

## Examples
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/dm/impls/plex/tutorials/ex11.c.html">src/dm/impls/plex/tutorials/ex11.c</A><BR>


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