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# DMPlexCreateWedgeBoxMesh
Creates a 3-D mesh tesselating the (x,y) plane and extruding in the third direction using wedge cells. 
## Synopsis
```
#include "petscdmplex.h"   
#include "petscdmplex.h"   
PetscErrorCode DMPlexCreateWedgeBoxMesh(MPI_Comm comm, const PetscInt faces[], const PetscReal lower[], const PetscReal upper[], const DMBoundaryType periodicity[], PetscBool orderHeight, PetscBool interpolate, DM *dm)
```
Collective


## Input Parameters

- ***comm        -*** The communicator for the `DM` object
- ***faces       -*** Number of faces per dimension, or `NULL` for (1, 1, 1)
- ***lower       -*** The lower left corner, or `NULL` for (0, 0, 0)
- ***upper       -*** The upper right corner, or `NULL` for (1, 1, 1)
- ***periodicity -*** The boundary type for the X,Y,Z direction, or `NULL` for `DM_BOUNDARY_NONE`
- ***orderHeight -*** If `PETSC_TRUE`, orders the extruded cells in the height first. Otherwise, orders the cell on the layers first
- ***interpolate -*** Flag to create intermediate mesh pieces (edges, faces)



## Output Parameter

- ***dm  -*** The `DM` object





## See Also
 [](ch_unstructured), `DM`, `DMPLEX`, `DMPlexCreateHexCylinderMesh()`, `DMPlexCreateWedgeCylinderMesh()`, `DMExtrude()`, `DMPlexCreateBoxMesh()`, `DMSetType()`, `DMCreate()`

## Level
beginner

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

## Implementations

<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/dm/impls/plex/plexcreate.c.html#DMPlexCreateWedgeBoxMesh_Internal">DMPlexCreateWedgeBoxMesh_Internal in src/dm/impls/plex/plexcreate.c</A><BR>


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