DMPlexCreateHexCylinderMesh#

Creates a mesh on the tensor product of the unit interval with the circle (cylinder) using hexahedra.

Synopsis#

#include "petscdmplex.h"   
#include "petscdmplex.h"   
PetscErrorCode DMPlexCreateHexCylinderMesh(MPI_Comm comm, DMBoundaryType periodicZ, DM *dm)

Collective

Input Parameters#

comm - The communicator for the DM object
periodicZ - The boundary type for the Z direction

Output Parameter#

dm - The DM object

Note#

Here is the output numbering looking from the bottom of the cylinder#

       17-----14
        |     |
        |  2  |
        |     |
 17-----8-----7-----14
  |     |     |     |
  |  3  |  0  |  1  |
  |     |     |     |
 19-----5-----6-----13
        |     |
        |  4  |
        |     |
       19-----13

 and up through the top

       18-----16
        |     |
        |  2  |
        |     |
 18----10----11-----16
  |     |     |     |
  |  3  |  0  |  1  |
  |     |     |     |
 20-----9----12-----15
        |     |
        |  4  |
        |     |
       20-----15