petsc4py.PETSc.DMPlex

class petsc4py.PETSc.DMPlex

Bases: DM

Encapsulate an unstructured mesh.

DMPlex encapsulates both topology and geometry. It is capable of parallel refinement and coarsening (using Pragmatic or ParMmg) and parallel redistribution for load balancing.

Methods Summary

computeCellGeometryFVM(cell)	Compute the volume for a given cell.
computeGradientClementInterpolant(locX, locC)	Return the L2 projection of the cellwise gradient of a function onto P1.
constructGhostCells([labelName])	Construct ghost cells which connect to every boundary face.
coordinatesLoad(viewer, sfxc)	Load coordinates into this DMPlex object.
coordinatesView(viewer)	Save DMPlex coordinates into a file.
create([comm])	Create a DMPlex object, which encapsulates an unstructured mesh.
createBoxMesh(faces[, lower, upper, ...])	Create a mesh on the tensor product of intervals.
createBoxSurfaceMesh(faces[, lower, upper, ...])	Create a mesh on the surface of a box mesh using tensor cells.
createCGNS(cgid[, interpolate, comm])	Create a DMPlex mesh from a CGNS file.
createCGNSFromFile(filename[, interpolate, comm])	"Create a DMPlex mesh from a CGNS file.
createClosureIndex(sec)	Calculate an index for sec for the closure operation.
createCoarsePointIS()	Create an IS covering the coarse DMPlex chart with the fine points as data.
createCohesiveSubmesh(hasLagrange, value)	Extract the hypersurface defined by one face of the cohesive cells.
createExodus(exoid[, interpolate, comm])	Create a DMPlex mesh from an ExodusII file ID.
createExodusFromFile(filename[, ...])	Create a DMPlex mesh from an ExodusII file.
createFromCellList(dim, cells, coords[, ...])	Create a DMPlex from a list of vertices for each cell on process 0.
createFromFile(filename[, plexname, ...])	Create DMPlex from a file.
createGmsh(viewer[, interpolate, comm])	Create a DMPlex mesh from a Gmsh file viewer.
createPointNumbering()	Create a global numbering for all points.
createSection(numComp, numDof[, bcField, ...])	Create a Section based upon the DOF layout specification provided.
distribute([overlap])	Distribute the mesh and any associated sections.
distributeField(sf, sec, vec[, newsec, newvec])	Distribute field data with a with a given SF.
distributeGetDefault()	Return a flag indicating whether the DM should be distributed by default.
distributeOverlap([overlap])	Add partition overlap to a distributed non-overlapping DMPlex.
distributeSetDefault(flag)	Set flag indicating whether the DMPlex should be distributed by default.
distributionGetName()	Retrieve the name of the specific parallel distribution.
distributionSetName(name)	Set the name of the specific parallel distribution.
generate(boundary[, name, interpolate])	Generate a mesh.
getAdjacency(p)	Return all points adjacent to the given point.
getAdjacencyUseAnchors()	Query whether adjacency in the mesh uses the point-to-point constraints.
getCellNumbering()	Return a global cell numbering for all cells on this process.
getCellType(p)	Return the polytope type of a given cell.
getCellTypeLabel()	Return the DMLabel recording the polytope type of each cell.
getChart()	Return the interval for all mesh points [pStart, pEnd).
getCone(p)	Return the points on the in-edges for this point in the DAG.
getConeOrientation(p)	Return the orientations on the in-edges for this point in the DAG.
getConeSize(p)	Return the number of in-edges for this point in the DAG.
getDepth()	Return the depth of the DAG representing this mesh.
getDepthStratum(svalue)	Return the bounds [start, end) for all points at a certain depth.
getFullJoin(points)	Return an array for the join of the set of points.
getHeightStratum(svalue)	Return the bounds [start, end) for all points at a certain height.
getJoin(points)	Return an array for the join of the set of points.
getMaxSizes()	Return the maximum number of in-edges and out-edges of the DAG.
getMeet(points)	Return an array for the meet of the set of points.
getMinRadius()	Return the minimum distance from any cell centroid to a face.
getOrdering(otype)	Calculate a reordering of the mesh.
getPartitioner()	Return the mesh partitioner.
getPointDepth(point)	Return the depth of a given point.
getPointGlobal(point)	Return location of point data in global Vec.
getPointGlobalField(point, field)	Return location of point field data in global Vec.
getPointHeight(point)	Return the height of a given point.
getPointLocal(point)	Return location of point data in local Vec.
getPointLocalField(point, field)	Return location of point field data in local Vec.
getRefinementLimit()	Retrieve the maximum cell volume for refinement.
getRefinementUniform()	Retrieve the flag for uniform refinement.
getSubpointIS()	Return an IS covering the entire subdm chart.
getSubpointMap()	Return a DMLabel with point dimension as values.
getSupport(p)	Return the points on the out-edges for this point in the DAG.
getSupportSize(p)	Return the number of out-edges for this point in the DAG.
getTransitiveClosure(p[, useCone])	Return the points and orientations on the transitive closure of this point.
getVecClosure(sec, vec, point)	Return an array of the values on the closure of a point.
getVertexNumbering()	Return a global vertex numbering for all vertices on this process.
globalVectorLoad(viewer, sectiondm, sf, vec)	Load on-disk vector data into a global vector.
globalVectorView(viewer, sectiondm, vec)	Save a global vector.
insertCone(p, conePos, conePoint)	DMPlexInsertCone - Insert a point into the in-edges for the point p in the DAG.
insertConeOrientation(p, conePos, ...)	Insert a point orientation for the in-edge for the point p in the DAG.
interpolate()	Convert to a mesh with all intermediate faces, edges, etc.
isDistributed()	Return the flag indicating if the mesh is distributed.
isSimplex()	Return the flag indicating if the first cell is a simplex.
labelCohesiveComplete(label, bdlabel, ...)	Add all other mesh pieces to complete the surface.
labelComplete(label)	Add the transitive closure to the surface.
labelsLoad(viewer, sfxc)	Load labels into this DMPlex object.
labelsView(viewer)	Save DMPlex labels into a file.
localVectorLoad(viewer, sectiondm, sf, vec)	Load on-disk vector data into a local vector.
localVectorView(viewer, sectiondm, vec)	Save a local vector.
markBoundaryFaces(label[, value])	Mark all faces on the boundary.
metricAverage2(metric1, metric2, metricAvg)	Compute and return the unweighted average of two metrics.
metricAverage3(metric1, metric2, metric3, ...)	Compute and return the unweighted average of three metrics.
metricCreate([field])	Create a Riemannian metric field.
metricCreateIsotropic(indicator[, field])	Construct an isotropic metric from an error indicator.
metricCreateUniform(alpha[, field])	Construct a uniform isotropic metric.
metricDeterminantCreate([field])	Create the determinant field for a Riemannian metric.
metricEnforceSPD(metric, ometric, determinant)	Enforce symmetric positive-definiteness of a metric.
metricGetGradationFactor()	Return the metric gradation factor.
metricGetHausdorffNumber()	Return the metric Hausdorff number.
metricGetMaximumAnisotropy()	Return the maximum tolerated metric anisotropy.
metricGetMaximumMagnitude()	Return the maximum tolerated metric magnitude.
metricGetMinimumMagnitude()	Return the minimum tolerated metric magnitude.
metricGetNormalizationOrder()	Return the order p for L-p normalization.
metricGetNumIterations()	Return the number of parallel adaptation iterations.
metricGetTargetComplexity()	Return the target metric complexity.
metricGetVerbosity()	Return the verbosity of the mesh adaptation package.
metricIntersection2(metric1, metric2, metricInt)	Compute and return the intersection of two metrics.
metricIntersection3(metric1, metric2, ...)	Compute the intersection of three metrics.
metricIsIsotropic()	Return the flag indicating whether the metric is isotropic or not.
metricIsUniform()	Return the flag indicating whether the metric is uniform or not.
metricNoInsertion()	Return the flag indicating whether node insertion and deletion are turned off.
metricNoMovement()	Return the flag indicating whether node movement is turned off.
metricNoSurf()	Return the flag indicating whether surface modification is turned off.
metricNoSwapping()	Return the flag indicating whether facet swapping is turned off.
metricNormalize(metric, ometric, determinant)	Apply L-p normalization to a metric.
metricRestrictAnisotropyFirst()	Return true if anisotropy is restricted before normalization.
metricSetFromOptions()	Configure the object from the options database.
metricSetGradationFactor(beta)	Set the metric gradation factor.
metricSetHausdorffNumber(hausd)	Set the metric Hausdorff number.
metricSetIsotropic(isotropic)	Record whether the metric is isotropic or not.
metricSetMaximumAnisotropy(a_max)	Set the maximum tolerated metric anisotropy.
metricSetMaximumMagnitude(h_max)	Set the maximum tolerated metric magnitude.
metricSetMinimumMagnitude(h_min)	Set the minimum tolerated metric magnitude.
metricSetNoInsertion(noInsert)	Set the flag indicating whether node insertion should be turned off.
metricSetNoMovement(noMove)	Set the flag indicating whether node movement should be turned off.
metricSetNoSurf(noSurf)	Set the flag indicating whether surface modification should be turned off.
metricSetNoSwapping(noSwap)	Set the flag indicating whether facet swapping should be turned off.
metricSetNormalizationOrder(p)	Set the order p for L-p normalization.
metricSetNumIterations(numIter)	Set the number of parallel adaptation iterations.
metricSetRestrictAnisotropyFirst(...)	Record whether anisotropy is be restricted before normalization or after.
metricSetTargetComplexity(targetComplexity)	Set the target metric complexity.
metricSetUniform(uniform)	Record whether the metric is uniform or not.
metricSetVerbosity(verbosity)	Set the verbosity of the mesh adaptation package.
orient()	Give a consistent orientation to the input mesh.
permute(perm)	Reorder the mesh according to the input permutation.
rebalanceSharedPoints([entityDepth, ...])	Redistribute shared points in order to achieve better balancing.
reorderGetDefault()	Return flag indicating whether the DMPlex should be reordered by default.
reorderSetDefault(flag)	Set flag indicating whether the DM should be reordered by default.
sectionLoad(viewer, sectiondm, sfxc)	Load section into a DM.
sectionView(viewer, sectiondm)	Save a section associated with a DMPlex.
setAdjacencyUseAnchors([useAnchors])	Define adjacency in the mesh using the point-to-point constraints.
setCellType(p, ctype)	Set the polytope type of a given cell.
setChart(pStart, pEnd)	Set the interval for all mesh points [pStart, pEnd).
setCone(p, cone[, orientation])	Set the points on the in-edges for this point in the DAG.
setConeOrientation(p, orientation)	Set the orientations on the in-edges for this point in the DAG.
setConeSize(p, size)	Set the number of in-edges for this point in the DAG.
setMatClosure(sec, gsec, mat, point, values)	Set an array of the values on the closure of point.
setPartitioner(part)	Set the mesh partitioner.
setRefinementLimit(refinementLimit)	Set the maximum cell volume for refinement.
setRefinementUniform([refinementUniform])	Set the flag for uniform refinement.
setSupport(p, supp)	Set the points on the out-edges for this point in the DAG.
setSupportSize(p, size)	Set the number of out-edges for this point in the DAG.
setTetGenOptions(opts)	Set the options used for the Tetgen mesh generator.
setTriangleOptions(opts)	Set the options used for the Triangle mesh generator.
setVecClosure(sec, vec, point, values[, addv])	Set an array of the values on the closure of point.
stratify()	Calculate the strata of DAG.
symmetrize()	Create support (out-edge) information from cone (in-edge) information.
topologyLoad(viewer)	Load a topology into this DMPlex object.
topologyView(viewer)	Save a DMPlex topology into a file.
uninterpolate()	Convert to a mesh with only cells and vertices.
vecGetClosure(sec, vec, p)	Return an array of values on the closure of p.

Methods Documentation

computeCellGeometryFVM(cell)

Compute the volume for a given cell.

Not collective.

Parameters:

cell (int) – The cell.

Returns:

• volume (float) – The cell volume.

• centroid (ArrayReal) – The cell centroid.

• normal (ArrayReal) – The cell normal, if appropriate.

Return type:

tuple[float, ArrayReal, ArrayReal]

See also

DMPlex, DM.getCoordinateSection, DM.getCoordinates, DMPlexComputeCellGeometryFVM

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:2204

computeGradientClementInterpolant(locX, locC)

Return the L2 projection of the cellwise gradient of a function onto P1.

Collective.

Parameters:

• locX (Vec) – The coefficient vector of the function.

• locC (Vec) – The output Vec which holds the Clement interpolant of the gradient.

Return type:

Vec

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlexComputeGradientClementInterpolant

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:3138

constructGhostCells(labelName=None)

Construct ghost cells which connect to every boundary face.

Collective.

Parameters:

labelName (str | None) – The name of the label specifying the boundary faces. Defaults to "Face Sets".

Returns:

numGhostCells – The number of ghost cells added to the DMPlex.

Return type:

int

See also

DM, DMPlex, DM.create, DMPlexConstructGhostCells

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:2236

coordinatesLoad(viewer, sfxc)

Load coordinates into this DMPlex object.

Collective.

Parameters:

• viewer (Viewer) – The Viewer for the saved coordinates.

• sfxc (SF) – The SF returned by topologyLoad.

Return type:

None

See also

DM, DMPlex, DM.load, DMPlex.topologyLoad, DMPlex.labelsLoad, DM.view, SF, Viewer, DMPlexCoordinatesLoad

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:3311

coordinatesView(viewer)

Save DMPlex coordinates into a file.

Collective.

Parameters:

viewer (Viewer) – The Viewer for saving.

Return type:

None

See also

DM, DMPlex, DM.view, DMPlex.topologyView, DMPlex.labelsView, DMPlex.coordinatesLoad, Viewer, DMPlexCoordinatesView

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:3178

create(comm=None)

Create a DMPlex object, which encapsulates an unstructured mesh.

Collective.

Parameters:

comm (Comm | None) – MPI communicator, defaults to Sys.getDefaultComm.

Return type:

Self

See also

DM, DMPlex, DM.create, DM.setType, DMPlexCreate

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:14

createBoxMesh(faces, lower=(0, 0, 0), upper=(1, 1, 1), simplex=True, periodic=False, interpolate=True, comm=None)

Create a mesh on the tensor product of intervals.

Collective.

Parameters:

• faces (Sequence[int]) – Number of faces per dimension, or None for the default.

• lower (Sequence[float] | None) – The lower left corner.

• upper (Sequence[float] | None) – The upper right corner.

• simplex (bool | None) – True for simplices, False for tensor cells.

• periodic (Sequence | str | int | bool | None) – The boundary type for the X, Y, Z direction, or None for DM.BoundaryType.NONE.

• interpolate (bool | None) – Flag to create intermediate mesh entities (edges, faces).

• comm (Comm | None) – MPI communicator, defaults to Sys.getDefaultComm.

Return type:

Self

See also

DM, DMPlex, DM.setFromOptions, DMPlex.createFromFile, DM.setType, DM.create, DMPlexCreateBoxMesh

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:90

createBoxSurfaceMesh(faces, lower=(0, 0, 0), upper=(1, 1, 1), interpolate=True, comm=None)

Create a mesh on the surface of a box mesh using tensor cells.

Collective.

Parameters:

• faces (Sequence[int]) – Number of faces per dimension, or None for the default.

• lower (Sequence[float] | None) – The lower left corner.

• upper (Sequence[float] | None) – The upper right corner.

• interpolate (bool | None) – Flag to create intermediate mesh pieces (edges, faces).

• comm (Comm | None) – MPI communicator, defaults to Sys.getDefaultComm.

Return type:

Self

See also

DM, DMPlex, DM.setFromOptions, DMPlex.createBoxMesh, DMPlex.createFromFile, DM.setType, DM.create, DMPlexCreateBoxSurfaceMesh

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:141

createCGNS(cgid, interpolate=True, comm=None)

Create a DMPlex mesh from a CGNS file.

Collective.

Parameters:

• cgid (int) – The CG id associated with a file and obtained using cg_open.

• interpolate (bool | None) – Create faces and edges in the mesh.

• comm (Comm | None) – MPI communicator, defaults to Sys.getDefaultComm.

Return type:

Self

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlex.create, DMPlex.createCGNSFromFile, DMPlex.createExodus, DMPlexCreateCGNS

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:218

createCGNSFromFile(filename, interpolate=True, comm=None)

“Create a DMPlex mesh from a CGNS file.

Collective.

Parameters:

• filename (str) – The name of the CGNS file.

• interpolate (bool | None) – Create faces and edges in the mesh.

• comm (Comm | None) – MPI communicator, defaults to Sys.getDefaultComm.

Return type:

Self

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlex.create, DMPlex.createCGNS, DMPlex.createExodus, DMPlexCreateCGNS

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:246

createClosureIndex(sec)

Calculate an index for sec for the closure operation.

Not collective.

Parameters:

sec (Section) – The Section describing the layout in the local vector, or None to use the default section.

Return type:

None

See also

DM, DMPlex, Section, DMPlex.vecGetClosure, DMPlexCreateClosureIndex

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:2018

createCoarsePointIS()

Create an IS covering the coarse DMPlex chart with the fine points as data.

Collective.

Returns:

fpointIS – The IS of all the fine points which exist in the original coarse mesh.

Return type:

IS

See also

DM, DMPlex, IS, DM.refine, DMPlex.setRefinementUniform, DMPlexCreateCoarsePointIS

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:1804

createCohesiveSubmesh(hasLagrange, value)

Extract the hypersurface defined by one face of the cohesive cells.

Collective.

Parameters:

• hasLagrange (bool) – Flag indicating whether the mesh has Lagrange dofs in the cohesive cells.

• value (int) – A label value.

Return type:

DMPlex

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlexCreateCohesiveSubmesh

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:369

createExodus(exoid, interpolate=True, comm=None)

Create a DMPlex mesh from an ExodusII file ID.

Collective.

Parameters:

• exoid (int) – The ExodusII id associated with a file obtained using ex_open.

• interpolate (bool | None) – Create faces and edges in the mesh,

• comm (Comm | None) – MPI communicator, defaults to Sys.getDefaultComm.

Return type:

Self

See also

DM, DMPlex, DM.create, DMPlexCreateExodus

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:304

createExodusFromFile(filename, interpolate=True, comm=None)

Create a DMPlex mesh from an ExodusII file.

Collective.

Parameters:

• filename (str) – The name of the ExodusII file.

• interpolate (bool | None) – Create faces and edges in the mesh.

• comm (Comm | None) – MPI communicator, defaults to Sys.getDefaultComm.

Return type:

Self

See also

DM, DMPlex, DM.create, DMPlex.createExodus, DMPlexCreateExodusFromFile

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:275

createFromCellList(dim, cells, coords, interpolate=True, comm=None)

Create a DMPlex from a list of vertices for each cell on process 0.

Collective.

Parameters:

• dim (int) – The topological dimension of the mesh.

• cells (Sequence[int]) – An array of number of cells times number of vertices on each cell.

• coords (Sequence[float]) – An array of number of vertices times spatial dimension for coordinates.

• interpolate (bool | None) – Flag to interpolate the mesh.

• comm (Comm | None) – MPI communicator, defaults to Sys.getDefaultComm.

Return type:

Self

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlex.create, DMPlex.interpolate, DMPlexCreateFromCellListPetsc

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:35

createFromFile(filename, plexname='unnamed', interpolate=True, comm=None)

Create DMPlex from a file.

Collective.

Parameters:

• filename (str) – A file name.

• plexname (str | None) – The name of the resulting DMPlex, also used for intra-datafile lookup by some formats.

• interpolate (bool | None) – Flag to create intermediate mesh pieces (edges, faces).

• comm (Comm | None) – MPI communicator, defaults to Sys.getDefaultComm.

Return type:

Self

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlex.createFromCellList, DMPlex.create, Object.setName, DM.view, DM.load, Working with PETSc options, DMPlexCreateFromFile

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:184

createGmsh(viewer, interpolate=True, comm=None)

Create a DMPlex mesh from a Gmsh file viewer.

Collective.

Parameters:

• viewer (Viewer) – The Viewer associated with a Gmsh file.

• interpolate (bool | None) – Create faces and edges in the mesh.

• comm (Comm | None) – MPI communicator, defaults to Sys.getDefaultComm.

Return type:

Self

Notes

-dm_plex_gmsh_hybrid forces triangular prisms to use tensor order.

-dm_plex_gmsh_periodic allows for reading Gmsh periodic section.

-dm_plex_gmsh_highorder allows for generating high-order coordinates.

-dm_plex_gmsh_project projects high-order coordinates to a different space, use the prefix -dm_plex_gmsh_project_ to define the space.

-dm_plex_gmsh_use_regions generates labels with region names.

-dm_plex_gmsh_mark_vertices adds vertices to generated labels.

-dm_plex_gmsh_multiple_tags allows multiple tags for default labels.

-dm_plex_gmsh_spacedim <d> embedding space dimension.

See also

DM, DMPlex, DM.create, Working with PETSc options, DMPlexCreateGmsh

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:331

createPointNumbering()

Create a global numbering for all points.

Collective.

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlex.getCellNumbering, DMPlexCreatePointNumbering

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:907

Return type:

IS

createSection(numComp, numDof, bcField=None, bcComps=None, bcPoints=None, perm=None)

Create a Section based upon the DOF layout specification provided.

Not collective.

Parameters:

• numComp (Sequence[int]) – An array of size numFields holding the number of components per field.

• numDof (Sequence[int]) – An array of size numFields*(dim+1) holding the number of DOFs per field on a mesh piece of dimension dim.

• bcField (Sequence[int] | None) – An array of size numBC giving the field number for each boundary condition, where numBC is the number of boundary conditions.

• bcComps (Sequence[IS] | None) – An array of size numBC giving an IS holding the field components to which each boundary condition applies.

• bcPoints (Sequence[IS] | None) – An array of size numBC giving an IS holding the DMPlex points to which each boundary condition applies.

• perm (IS | None) – Permutation of the chart.

Return type:

Section

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlex.create, Section.create, Section.setPermutation, DMPlexCreateSection

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:1824

distribute(overlap=0)

Distribute the mesh and any associated sections.

Collective.

Parameters:

overlap (int | None) – The overlap of partitions.

Returns:

sf – The SF used for point distribution, or None if not distributed.

Return type:

SF or None

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlex.create, DMPlexDistribute

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:1548

distributeField(sf, sec, vec, newsec=None, newvec=None)

Distribute field data with a with a given SF.

Collective.

Parameters:

• sf (SF) – The SF describing the communication pattern.

• sec (Section) – The Section for existing data layout.

• vec (Vec) – The existing data in a local vector.

• newsec (Section | None) – The SF describing the new data layout.

• newvec (Vec | None) – The new data in a local vector.

Returns:

• newSection (Section) – The SF describing the new data layout.

• newVec (Vec) – The new data in a local vector.

Return type:

tuple[Section, Vec]

See also

DMPlex, DMPlex.distribute, DMPlexDistributeField

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:1745

distributeGetDefault()

Return a flag indicating whether the DM should be distributed by default.

Not collective.

Returns:

dist – Flag indicating whether the DMPlex should be distributed by default.

Return type:

bool

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlex.distributeSetDefault, DMPlex.distribute, DMPlexDistributeGetDefault

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:1634

distributeOverlap(overlap=0)

Add partition overlap to a distributed non-overlapping DMPlex.

Collective.

Parameters:

overlap (int | None) – The overlap of partitions (the same on all ranks).

Returns:

sf – The SF used for point distribution.

Return type:

SF

See also

DM, DMPlex, SF, DMPlex.create, DMPlex.distribute, DMPlexDistributeOverlap

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:1576

distributeSetDefault(flag)

Set flag indicating whether the DMPlex should be distributed by default.

Logically collective.

Parameters:

flag (bool) – Flag indicating whether the DMPlex should be distributed by default.

Return type:

None

See also

DMPlex, DMPlex.distributeGetDefault, DMPlex.distribute, DMPlexDistributeSetDefault

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:1654

distributionGetName()

Retrieve the name of the specific parallel distribution.

Not collective.

Returns:

name – The name of the specific parallel distribution.

Return type:

str

See also

DMPlex, DMPlex.distributionSetName, DMPlex.topologyView, DMPlex.topologyLoad, DMPlexDistributionGetName

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:1695

distributionSetName(name)

Set the name of the specific parallel distribution.

Logically collective.

Parameters:

name (str) – The name of the specific parallel distribution.

Return type:

None

See also

DMPlex, DMPlex.distributionGetName, DMPlex.topologyView, DMPlex.topologyLoad, DMPlexDistributionSetName

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:1674

generate(boundary, name=None, interpolate=True)

Generate a mesh.

Not collective.

Parameters:

• boundary (DMPlex) – The DMPlex boundary object.

• name (str | None) – The mesh generation package name.

• interpolate (bool | None) – Flag to create intermediate mesh elements.

Return type:

Self

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlex.create, DM.refine, Working with PETSc options, DMPlexGenerate

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:1276

getAdjacency(p)

Return all points adjacent to the given point.

Not collective.

Parameters:

p (int) – The point.

Return type:

ArrayInt

See also

DMPlex, DMPlex.distribute, DMPlexGetAdjacency

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:1454

getAdjacencyUseAnchors()

Query whether adjacency in the mesh uses the point-to-point constraints.

Not collective.

See also

DMPlex, DMPlex.getAdjacency, DMPlex.distribute, DMPlexGetAdjacencyUseAnchors

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:1439

Return type:

bool

getCellNumbering()

Return a global cell numbering for all cells on this process.

Collective the first time it is called.

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlex.getVertexNumbering, DMPlexGetCellNumbering

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:877

Return type:

IS

getCellType(p)

Return the polytope type of a given cell.

Not collective.

Parameters:

p (int) – The cell.

Return type:

PolytopeType

See also

DM, DMPlex, DM.PolytopeType, DMPlex.getCellTypeLabel, DMPlex.getDepth, DMPlexGetCellType

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:677

getCellTypeLabel()

Return the DMLabel recording the polytope type of each cell.

Not collective.

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlex.getCellType, DM.createLabel, DMPlexGetCellTypeLabel

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:698

Return type:

DMLabel

getChart()

Return the interval for all mesh points [pStart, pEnd).

Not collective.

Returns:

• pStart (int) – The first mesh point.

• pEnd (int) – The upper bound for mesh points.

Return type:

tuple[int, int]

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlex.create, DMPlex.setChart, DMPlexGetChart

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:392

getCone(p)

Return the points on the in-edges for this point in the DAG.

Not collective.

Parameters:

p (int) – The point, which must lie in the chart set with DMPlex.setChart.

Return type:

ArrayInt

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlex.getConeSize, DMPlex.setCone, DMPlex.setChart, DMPlexGetCone

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:483

getConeOrientation(p)

Return the orientations on the in-edges for this point in the DAG.

Not collective.

Parameters:

p (int) – The point, which must lie in the chart set with DMPlex.setChart.

Return type:

ArrayInt

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlex.create, DMPlex.getCone, DMPlex.setCone, DMPlex.setChart, DMPlexGetConeOrientation

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:598

getConeSize(p)

Return the number of in-edges for this point in the DAG.

Not collective.

Parameters:

p (int) – The point, which must lie in the chart set with DMPlex.setChart.

Return type:

int

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlex.create, DMPlex.setConeSize, DMPlex.setChart, DMPlexGetConeSize

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:434

getDepth()

Return the depth of the DAG representing this mesh.

Not collective.

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlex.getDepthStratum, DMPlex.symmetrize, DMPlexGetDepth

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:921

Return type:

int

getDepthStratum(svalue)

Return the bounds [start, end) for all points at a certain depth.

Not collective.

Parameters:

svalue (int) – The requested depth.

Returns:

• pStart (int) – The first stratum point.

• pEnd (int) – The upper bound for stratum points.

Return type:

tuple[int, int]

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlex.getHeightStratum, DMPlex.getDepth, DMPlex.symmetrize, DMPlex.interpolate, DMPlexGetDepthStratum

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:936

getFullJoin(points)

Return an array for the join of the set of points.

Not collective.

Parameters:

points (Sequence[int]) – The input points.

Return type:

ArrayInt

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlex.getJoin, DMPlex.getMeet, DMPlexGetFullJoin

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:1084

getHeightStratum(svalue)

Return the bounds [start, end) for all points at a certain height.

Not collective.

Parameters:

svalue (int) – The requested height.

Returns:

• pStart (int) – The first stratum point.

• pEnd (int) – The upper bound for stratum points.

Return type:

tuple[int, int]

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlex.getDepthStratum, DMPlex.getDepth, DMPlexGetHeightStratum

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:963

getJoin(points)

Return an array for the join of the set of points.

Not collective.

Parameters:

points (Sequence[int]) – The input points.

Return type:

ArrayInt

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlex.getMeet, DMPlexGetJoin

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:1058

getMaxSizes()

Return the maximum number of in-edges and out-edges of the DAG.

Not collective.

Returns:

• maxConeSize (int) – The maximum number of in-edges.

• maxSupportSize (int) – The maximum number of out-edges.

Return type:

tuple[int, int]

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlex.create, DMPlex.setConeSize, DMPlex.setChart, DMPlexGetMaxSizes

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:818

getMeet(points)

Return an array for the meet of the set of points.

Not collective.

Parameters:

points (Sequence[int]) – The input points.

Return type:

ArrayInt

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlex.getJoin, DMPlexGetMeet

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:1032

getMinRadius()

Return the minimum distance from any cell centroid to a face.

Not collective.

See also

DMPlex, DM.getCoordinates, DMPlexGetMinRadius

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:1790

Return type:

float

getOrdering(otype)

Calculate a reordering of the mesh.

Collective.

Parameters:

otype (OrderingType) – Type of reordering, see Mat.OrderingType.

Returns:

perm – The point permutation.

Return type:

IS

See also

DMPlex, DMPlex.permute, Mat.OrderingType, Mat.getOrdering, DMPlexGetOrdering

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:2117

getPartitioner()

Return the mesh partitioner.

Not collective.

See also

DM, DMPlex, Partitioner, Section, DMPlex.distribute, DMPlex.setPartitioner, Partitioner.create, PetscPartitionerDMPlexPartition, DMPlexGetPartitioner

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:1497

Return type:

Partitioner

getPointDepth(point)

Return the depth of a given point.

Not collective.

Parameters:

point (int) – The point.

Return type:

int

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlex.getDepthStratum, DMPlex.getDepth, DMPlexGetPointDepth

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:990

getPointGlobal(point)

Return location of point data in global Vec.

Not collective.

Parameters:

point (int) – The topological point.

Returns:

• start (int) – Start of point data; returns -(globalStart+1) if point is not owned.

• end (int) – End of point data; returns -(globalEnd+1) if point is not owned.

Return type:

tuple[int, int]

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlex.getPointGlobalField, Section.getOffset, Section.getDof, DMPlex.getPointLocal, DMPlexGetPointGlobal

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:1959

getPointGlobalField(point, field)

Return location of point field data in global Vec.

Not collective.

Parameters:

• point (int) – The topological point.

• field (int) – The field number.

Returns:

• start (int) – Start of point data; returns -(globalStart+1) if point is not owned.

• end (int) – End of point data; returns -(globalEnd+1) if point is not owned.

Return type:

tuple[int, int]

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlex.getPointGlobal, Section.getOffset, Section.getDof, DMPlex.getPointLocal, DMPlexGetPointGlobalField

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:1987

getPointHeight(point)

Return the height of a given point.

Not collective.

Parameters:

point (int) – The point.

Return type:

int

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlex.getHeightStratum, DMPlexGetPointHeight

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:1011

getPointLocal(point)

Return location of point data in local Vec.

Not collective.

Parameters:

point (int) – The topological point.

Returns:

• start (int) – Start of point data.

• end (int) – End of point data.

Return type:

tuple[int, int]

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlex.getPointLocalField, Section.getOffset, Section.getDof, DMPlexGetPointLocal

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:1900

getPointLocalField(point, field)

Return location of point field data in local Vec.

Not collective.

Parameters:

• point (int) – The topological point.

• field (int) – The field number.

Returns:

• start (int) – Start of point data.

• end (int) – End of point data.

Return type:

tuple[int, int]

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlex.getPointLocal, Section.getOffset, DMPlexGetPointLocalField

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:1928

getRefinementLimit()

Retrieve the maximum cell volume for refinement.

Not collective.

See also

DM, DMPlex, DM.refine, DMPlex.setRefinementLimit, DMPlex.getRefinementUniform, DMPlex.setRefinementUniform, DMPlexGetRefinementLimit

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:2101

Return type:

float

getRefinementUniform()

Retrieve the flag for uniform refinement.

Not collective.

Returns:

refinementUniform – The flag for uniform refinement.

Return type:

bool

See also

DM, DMPlex, DM.refine, DMPlex.setRefinementUniform, DMPlex.getRefinementLimit, DMPlex.setRefinementLimit, DMPlexGetRefinementUniform

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:2060

getSubpointIS()

Return an IS covering the entire subdm chart.

Not collective.

Returns:

iset – The IS containing subdm’s parent’s points.

Return type:

IS

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlexGetSubpointIS

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:2265

getSubpointMap()

Return a DMLabel with point dimension as values.

Not collective.

Returns:

label – The DMLabel whose values are subdm’s point dimensions.

Return type:

DMLabel

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlexGetSubpointMap

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:2285

getSupport(p)

Return the points on the out-edges for this point in the DAG.

Not collective.

Parameters:

p (int) – The point, which must lie in the chart set with DMPlex.setChart.

Return type:

ArrayInt

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlex.getSupportSize, DMPlex.setSupport, DMPlex.getCone, DMPlex.setChart, DMPlexGetSupport

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:763

getSupportSize(p)

Return the number of out-edges for this point in the DAG.

Not collective.

Parameters:

p (int) – The point, which must lie in the chart set with DMPlex.setChart.

Return type:

int

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlex.create, DMPlex.setConeSize, DMPlex.setChart, DMPlex.getConeSize, DMPlexGetSupportSize

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:714

getTransitiveClosure(p, useCone=True)

Return the points and orientations on the transitive closure of this point.

Not collective.

Parameters:

• p (int) – The mesh point.

• useCone (bool | None) – True for the closure, otherwise return the star.

Returns:

• points (ArrayInt) – The points.

• orientations (ArrayInt) – The orientations.

Return type:

tuple[ArrayInt, ArrayInt]

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlex.create, DMPlex.setCone, DMPlex.setChart, DMPlex.getCone, DMPlexGetTransitiveClosure

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:1110

getVecClosure(sec, vec, point)

Return an array of the values on the closure of a point.

Not collective.

Parameters:

• sec (Section) – The Section describing the layout in vec or None to use the default section.

• vec (Vec) – The local vector.

• point (int) – The point in the DMPlex.

Return type:

ArrayScalar

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlexVecRestoreClosure

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:1177

getVertexNumbering()

Return a global vertex numbering for all vertices on this process.

Collective the first time it is called.

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlex.getCellNumbering, DMPlexGetVertexNumbering

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:892

Return type:

IS

globalVectorLoad(viewer, sectiondm, sf, vec)

Load on-disk vector data into a global vector.

Collective.

Parameters:

• viewer (Viewer) – The Viewer that represents the on-disk vector data.

• sectiondm (DM) – The DM that contains the global section on which vec is defined.

• sf (SF) – The SF that migrates the on-disk vector data into vec.

• vec (Vec) – The global vector to set values of.

Return type:

None

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlex.topologyLoad, DMPlex.sectionLoad, DMPlex.localVectorLoad, DMPlex.globalVectorView, DMPlex.localVectorView, SF, Viewer, DMPlexGlobalVectorLoad

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:3388

globalVectorView(viewer, sectiondm, vec)

Save a global vector.

Collective.

Parameters:

• viewer (Viewer) – The Viewer to save data with.

• sectiondm (DM) – The DM containing the global section on which vec is defined; may be the same as this DMPlex object.

• vec (Vec) – The global vector to be saved.

Return type:

None

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlex.topologyView, DMPlex.sectionView, DMPlex.localVectorView, DMPlex.globalVectorLoad, DMPlex.localVectorLoad, DMPlexGlobalVectorView

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:3235

insertCone(p, conePos, conePoint)

DMPlexInsertCone - Insert a point into the in-edges for the point p in the DAG.

Not collective.

Parameters:

• p (int) – The point, which must lie in the chart set with DMPlex.setChart.

• conePos (int) – The local index in the cone where the point should be put.

• conePoint (int) – The mesh point to insert.

Return type:

None

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlex.create, DMPlex.getCone, DMPlex.setChart, DMPlex.setConeSize, DM.setUp, DMPlexInsertCone

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:548

insertConeOrientation(p, conePos, coneOrientation)

Insert a point orientation for the in-edge for the point p in the DAG.

Not collective.

Parameters:

• p (int) – The point, which must lie in the chart set with DMPlex.setChart

• conePos (int) – The local index in the cone where the point should be put.

• coneOrientation (int) – The point orientation to insert.

Return type:

None

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlex.create, DMPlex.getCone, DMPlex.setChart, DMPlex.setConeSize, DM.setUp, DMPlexInsertConeOrientation

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:573

interpolate()

Convert to a mesh with all intermediate faces, edges, etc.

Collective.

See also

DMPlex, DMPlex.uninterpolate, DMPlex.createFromCellList, DMPlexInterpolate

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:1715

Return type:

None

isDistributed()

Return the flag indicating if the mesh is distributed.

Collective.

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlex.distribute, DMPlexIsDistributed

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:1605

Return type:

bool

isSimplex()

Return the flag indicating if the first cell is a simplex.

Not collective.

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlex.getCellType, DMPlex.getHeightStratum, DMPlexIsSimplex

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:1619

Return type:

bool

labelCohesiveComplete(label, bdlabel, bdvalue, flip, subdm)

Add all other mesh pieces to complete the surface.

Not collective.

Parameters:

• label (DMLabel) – A DMLabel marking the surface.

• bdlabel (DMLabel) – A DMLabel marking the vertices on the boundary which will not be duplicated.

• bdvalue (int) – Value of DMLabel marking the vertices on the boundary.

• flip (bool) – Flag to flip the submesh normal and replace points on the other side.

• subdm (DMPlex) – The DMPlex associated with the label.

Return type:

None

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlex.labelComplete, DMPlexLabelCohesiveComplete

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:1388

labelComplete(label)

Add the transitive closure to the surface.

Not collective.

Parameters:

label (DMLabel) – A DMLabel marking the surface points.

Return type:

None

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlex.labelCohesiveComplete, DMPlexLabelComplete

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:1371

labelsLoad(viewer, sfxc)

Load labels into this DMPlex object.

Collective.

Parameters:

• viewer (Viewer) – The Viewer for the saved labels.

• sfxc (SF) – The SF returned by topologyLoad.

Return type:

None

See also

DM, DMPlex, DM.load, DMPlex.topologyLoad, DMPlex.coordinatesLoad, DM.view, SF, Viewer, DMPlexLabelsLoad

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:3331

labelsView(viewer)

Save DMPlex labels into a file.

Collective.

Parameters:

viewer (Viewer) – The Viewer for saving.

Return type:

None

See also

DM, DMPlex, DM.view, DMPlex.topologyView, DMPlex.coordinatesView, DMPlex.labelsLoad, Viewer, DMPlexLabelsView

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:3196

localVectorLoad(viewer, sectiondm, sf, vec)

Load on-disk vector data into a local vector.

Collective.

Parameters:

• viewer (Viewer) – The Viewer that represents the on-disk vector data.

• sectiondm (DM) – The DM that contains the local section on which vec is defined.

• sf (SF) – The SF that migrates the on-disk vector data into vec.

• vec (Vec) – The local vector to set values of.

Return type:

None

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlex.topologyLoad, DMPlex.sectionLoad, DMPlex.globalVectorLoad, DMPlex.globalVectorView, DMPlex.localVectorView, SF, Viewer, DMPlexLocalVectorLoad

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:3413

localVectorView(viewer, sectiondm, vec)

Save a local vector.

Collective.

Parameters:

• viewer (Viewer) – The Viewer to save data with.

• sectiondm (DM) – The DM that contains the local section on which vec is defined; may be the same as this DMPlex object.

• vec (Vec) – The local vector to be saved.

Return type:

None

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlex.topologyView, DMPlex.sectionView, DMPlex.globalVectorView, DMPlex.globalVectorLoad, DMPlex.localVectorLoad, DMPlexLocalVectorView

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:3259

markBoundaryFaces(label, value=None)

Mark all faces on the boundary.

Not collective.

Parameters:

• value (int | None) – The marker value, or DETERMINE or None to use some value in the closure (or 1 if none are found).

• label (str)

Return type:

DMLabel

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMLabel.create, DM.createLabel, DMPlexMarkBoundaryFaces

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:1344

metricAverage2(metric1, metric2, metricAvg)

Compute and return the unweighted average of two metrics.

Collective.

Parameters:

• metric1 (Vec) – The first metric to be averaged.

• metric2 (Vec) – The second metric to be averaged.

• metricAvg (Vec) – The output averaged metric.

Return type:

Vec

See also

DMPlex.metricAverage3, DMPlexMetricAverage2

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:3046

metricAverage3(metric1, metric2, metric3, metricAvg)

Compute and return the unweighted average of three metrics.

Collective.

Parameters:

• metric1 (Vec) – The first metric to be averaged.

• metric2 (Vec) – The second metric to be averaged.

• metric3 (Vec) – The third metric to be averaged.

• metricAvg (Vec) – The output averaged metric.

Return type:

Vec

See also

DMPlex.metricAverage2, DMPlexMetricAverage3

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:3068

metricCreate(field=0)

Create a Riemannian metric field.

Collective.

Parameters:

field (int | None) – The field number to use.

Return type:

Vec

See also

DMPlex.metricCreateUniform, DMPlex.metricCreateIsotropic, Working with PETSc options, DMPlexMetricCreate

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:2877

metricCreateIsotropic(indicator, field=0)

Construct an isotropic metric from an error indicator.

Collective.

Parameters:

• indicator (Vec) – The error indicator.

• field (int | None) – The field number to use.

Return type:

Vec

See also

DMPlex.metricCreate, DMPlex.metricCreateUniform, DMPlexMetricCreateIsotropic

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:2922

metricCreateUniform(alpha, field=0)

Construct a uniform isotropic metric.

Collective.

Parameters:

• alpha (float) – Scaling parameter for the diagonal.

• field (int | None) – The field number to use.

Return type:

Vec

See also

DMPlex.metricCreate, DMPlex.metricCreateIsotropic, DMPlexMetricCreateUniform

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:2898

metricDeterminantCreate(field=0)

Create the determinant field for a Riemannian metric.

Collective.

Parameters:

field (int | None) – The field number to use.

Returns:

• determinant (Vec) – The determinant field.

• dmDet (DM) – The corresponding DM

Return type:

tuple[Vec, DM]

See also

DMPlex.metricCreateUniform, DMPlex.metricCreateIsotropic, DMPlex.metricCreate, DMPlexMetricDeterminantCreate

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:2945

metricEnforceSPD(metric, ometric, determinant, restrictSizes=False, restrictAnisotropy=False)

Enforce symmetric positive-definiteness of a metric.

Collective.

Parameters:

• metric (Vec) – The metric.

• ometric (Vec) – The output metric.

• determinant (Vec) – The output determinant.

• restrictSizes (bool | None) – Flag indicating whether maximum/minimum magnitudes should be enforced.

• restrictAnisotropy (bool | None) – Flag indicating whether maximum anisotropy should be enforced.

Returns:

• ometric (Vec) – The output metric.

• determinant (Vec) – The output determinant.

Return type:

tuple[Vec, Vec]

See also

DMPlex.metricNormalize, DMPlex.metricIntersection2, DMPlex.metricIntersection3, Working with PETSc options, DMPlexMetricEnforceSPD

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:2974

metricGetGradationFactor()

Return the metric gradation factor.

Not collective.

See also

DMPlex.metricSetGradationFactor, DMPlex.metricGetHausdorffNumber, DMPlexMetricGetGradationFactor

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:2828

Return type:

float

metricGetHausdorffNumber()

Return the metric Hausdorff number.

Not collective.

See also

DMPlex.metricGetGradationFactor, DMPlex.metricSetHausdorffNumber, DMPlexMetricGetHausdorffNumber

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:2862

Return type:

float

metricGetMaximumAnisotropy()

Return the maximum tolerated metric anisotropy.

Not collective.

See also

DMPlex.metricSetMaximumAnisotropy, DMPlex.metricGetMaximumMagnitude, DMPlexMetricGetMaximumAnisotropy

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:2726

Return type:

float

metricGetMaximumMagnitude()

Return the maximum tolerated metric magnitude.

Not collective.

See also

DMPlex.metricSetMaximumMagnitude, DMPlex.metricGetMinimumMagnitude, DMPlexMetricGetMaximumMagnitude

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:2692

Return type:

float

metricGetMinimumMagnitude()

Return the minimum tolerated metric magnitude.

Not collective.

See also

DMPlex.metricSetMinimumMagnitude, DMPlex.metricGetMaximumMagnitude, DMPlexMetricGetMinimumMagnitude

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:2658

Return type:

float

metricGetNormalizationOrder()

Return the order p for L-p normalization.

Not collective.

See also

DMPlex.metricSetNormalizationOrder, DMPlex.metricGetTargetComplexity, DMPlexMetricGetNormalizationOrder

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:2794

Return type:

float

metricGetNumIterations()

Return the number of parallel adaptation iterations.

Not collective.

See also

DMPlex.metricSetNumIterations, DMPlex.metricGetVerbosity, DMPlexMetricGetNumIterations

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:2624

Return type:

int

metricGetTargetComplexity()

Return the target metric complexity.

Not collective.

See also

DMPlex.metricSetTargetComplexity, DMPlex.metricGetNormalizationOrder, DMPlexMetricGetTargetComplexity

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:2760

Return type:

float

metricGetVerbosity()

Return the verbosity of the mesh adaptation package.

Not collective.

Returns:

verbosity – The verbosity, where -1 is silent and 10 is maximum.

Return type:

int

See also

DMPlex.metricSetVerbosity, DMPlex.metricGetNumIterations, DMPlexMetricGetVerbosity

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:2585

metricIntersection2(metric1, metric2, metricInt)

Compute and return the intersection of two metrics.

Collective.

Parameters:

• metric1 (Vec) – The first metric to be intersected.

• metric2 (Vec) – The second metric to be intersected.

• metricInt (Vec) – The output intersected metric.

Return type:

Vec

See also

DMPlex.metricIntersection3, DMPlexMetricIntersection2

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:3092

metricIntersection3(metric1, metric2, metric3, metricInt)

Compute the intersection of three metrics.

Collective.

Parameters:

• metric1 (Vec) – The first metric to be intersected.

• metric2 (Vec) – The second metric to be intersected.

• metric3 (Vec) – The third metric to be intersected.

• metricInt (Vec) – The output intersected metric.

Return type:

Vec

See also

DMPlex.metricIntersection2, DMPlexMetricIntersection3

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:3114

metricIsIsotropic()

Return the flag indicating whether the metric is isotropic or not.

Not collective.

See also

DMPlex.metricSetIsotropic, DMPlex.metricIsUniform, DMPlex.metricRestrictAnisotropyFirst, DMPlexMetricIsIsotropic

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:2373

Return type:

bool

metricIsUniform()

Return the flag indicating whether the metric is uniform or not.

Not collective.

See also

DMPlex.metricSetUniform, DMPlex.metricRestrictAnisotropyFirst, DMPlexMetricIsUniform

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:2339

Return type:

bool

metricNoInsertion()

Return the flag indicating whether node insertion and deletion are turned off.

Not collective.

See also

DMPlex.metricSetNoInsertion, DMPlex.metricNoSwapping, DMPlex.metricNoMovement, DMPlex.metricNoSurf, DMPlexMetricNoInsertion

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:2442

Return type:

bool

metricNoMovement()

Return the flag indicating whether node movement is turned off.

Not collective.

See also

DMPlex.metricSetNoMovement, DMPlex.metricNoInsertion, DMPlex.metricNoSwapping, DMPlex.metricNoSurf, DMPlexMetricNoMovement

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:2514

Return type:

bool

metricNoSurf()

Return the flag indicating whether surface modification is turned off.

Not collective.

See also

DMPlex.metricSetNoSurf, DMPlex.metricNoMovement, DMPlex.metricNoInsertion, DMPlex.metricNoSwapping, DMPlexMetricNoSurf

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:2550

Return type:

bool

metricNoSwapping()

Return the flag indicating whether facet swapping is turned off.

Not collective.

See also

DMPlex.metricSetNoSwapping, DMPlex.metricNoInsertion, DMPlex.metricNoMovement, DMPlex.metricNoSurf, DMPlexMetricNoSwapping

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:2478

Return type:

bool

metricNormalize(metric, ometric, determinant, restrictSizes=True, restrictAnisotropy=True)

Apply L-p normalization to a metric.

Collective.

Parameters:

• metric (Vec) – The metric.

• ometric (Vec) – The output metric.

• determinant (Vec) – The output determinant.

• restrictSizes (bool | None) – Flag indicating whether maximum/minimum magnitudes should be enforced.

• restrictAnisotropy (bool | None) – Flag indicating whether maximum anisotropy should be enforced.

Returns:

• ometric (Vec) – The output normalized metric.

• determinant (Vec) – The output determinant.

Return type:

tuple[Vec, Vec]

See also

DMPlex.metricEnforceSPD, DMPlex.metricIntersection2, DMPlex.metricIntersection3, Working with PETSc options, DMPlexMetricNormalize

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:3010

metricRestrictAnisotropyFirst()

Return true if anisotropy is restricted before normalization.

Not collective.

See also

DMPlex.metricIsIsotropic, DMPlex.metricSetRestrictAnisotropyFirst, DMPlexMetricRestrictAnisotropyFirst

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:2407

Return type:

bool

metricSetFromOptions()

Configure the object from the options database.

Collective.

See also

Working with PETSc options

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:2307

Return type:

None

metricSetGradationFactor(beta)

Set the metric gradation factor.

Logically collective.

Parameters:

beta (float) – The metric gradation factor.

Return type:

None

See also

DMPlex.metricGetGradationFactor, DMPlex.metricSetHausdorffNumber, DMPlexMetricSetGradationFactor

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:2809

metricSetHausdorffNumber(hausd)

Set the metric Hausdorff number.

Logically collective.

Parameters:

hausd (float) – The metric Hausdorff number.

Return type:

None

See also

DMPlex.metricSetGradationFactor, DMPlex.metricGetHausdorffNumber, DMPlexMetricSetHausdorffNumber

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:2843

metricSetIsotropic(isotropic)

Record whether the metric is isotropic or not.

Logically collective.

Parameters:

isotropic (bool) – Flag indicating whether the metric is isotropic or not.

Return type:

None

See also

DMPlex.metricIsIsotropic, DMPlex.metricSetUniform, DMPlex.metricSetRestrictAnisotropyFirst, DMPlexMetricSetIsotropic

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:2354

metricSetMaximumAnisotropy(a_max)

Set the maximum tolerated metric anisotropy.

Logically collective.

Parameters:

a_max (float) – The maximum tolerated metric anisotropy.

Return type:

None

See also

DMPlex.metricGetMaximumAnisotropy, DMPlex.metricSetMaximumMagnitude, DMPlexMetricSetMaximumAnisotropy

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:2707

metricSetMaximumMagnitude(h_max)

Set the maximum tolerated metric magnitude.

Logically collective.

Parameters:

h_max (float) – The maximum tolerated metric magnitude.

Return type:

None

See also

DMPlex.metricGetMaximumMagnitude, DMPlex.metricSetMinimumMagnitude, DMPlexMetricSetMaximumMagnitude

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:2673

metricSetMinimumMagnitude(h_min)

Set the minimum tolerated metric magnitude.

Logically collective.

Parameters:

h_min (float) – The minimum tolerated metric magnitude.

Return type:

None

See also

DMPlex.metricGetMinimumMagnitude, DMPlex.metricSetMaximumMagnitude, DMPlexMetricSetMinimumMagnitude

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:2639

metricSetNoInsertion(noInsert)

Set the flag indicating whether node insertion should be turned off.

Logically collective.

Parameters:

noInsert (bool) – Flag indicating whether node insertion and deletion should be turned off.

Return type:

None

See also

DMPlex.metricNoInsertion, DMPlex.metricSetNoSwapping, DMPlex.metricSetNoMovement, DMPlex.metricSetNoSurf, DMPlexMetricSetNoInsertion

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:2422

metricSetNoMovement(noMove)

Set the flag indicating whether node movement should be turned off.

Logically collective.

Parameters:

noMove (bool) – Flag indicating whether node movement should be turned off.

Return type:

None

See also

DMPlex.metricNoMovement, DMPlex.metricSetNoInsertion, DMPlex.metricSetNoSwapping, DMPlex.metricSetNoSurf, DMPlexMetricSetNoMovement

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:2494

metricSetNoSurf(noSurf)

Set the flag indicating whether surface modification should be turned off.

Logically collective.

Parameters:

noSurf (bool) – Flag indicating whether surface modification should be turned off.

Return type:

None

See also

DMPlex.metricNoSurf, DMPlex.metricSetNoMovement, DMPlex.metricSetNoInsertion, DMPlex.metricSetNoSwapping, DMPlexMetricSetNoSurf

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:2530

metricSetNoSwapping(noSwap)

Set the flag indicating whether facet swapping should be turned off.

Logically collective.

Parameters:

noSwap (bool) – Flag indicating whether facet swapping should be turned off.

Return type:

None

See also

DMPlex.metricNoSwapping, DMPlex.metricSetNoInsertion, DMPlex.metricSetNoMovement, DMPlex.metricSetNoSurf, DMPlexMetricSetNoSwapping

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:2458

metricSetNormalizationOrder(p)

Set the order p for L-p normalization.

Logically collective.

Parameters:

p (float) – The normalization order.

Return type:

None

See also

DMPlex.metricGetNormalizationOrder, DMPlex.metricSetTargetComplexity, DMPlexMetricSetNormalizationOrder

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:2775

metricSetNumIterations(numIter)

Set the number of parallel adaptation iterations.

Logically collective.

Parameters:

numIter (int) – The number of parallel adaptation iterations.

Return type:

None

See also

DMPlex.metricSetVerbosity, DMPlex.metricGetNumIterations, DMPlexMetricSetNumIterations

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:2605

metricSetRestrictAnisotropyFirst(restrictAnisotropyFirst)

Record whether anisotropy is be restricted before normalization or after.

Logically collective.

Parameters:

restrictAnisotropyFirst (bool) – Flag indicating if anisotropy is restricted before normalization or after.

Return type:

None

See also

DMPlex.metricSetIsotropic, DMPlex.metricRestrictAnisotropyFirst, DMPlexMetricSetRestrictAnisotropyFirst

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:2388

metricSetTargetComplexity(targetComplexity)

Set the target metric complexity.

Logically collective.

Parameters:

targetComplexity (float) – The target metric complexity.

Return type:

None

See also

DMPlex.metricGetTargetComplexity, DMPlex.metricSetNormalizationOrder, DMPlexMetricSetTargetComplexity

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:2741

metricSetUniform(uniform)

Record whether the metric is uniform or not.

Logically collective.

Parameters:

uniform (bool) – Flag indicating whether the metric is uniform or not.

Return type:

None

See also

DMPlex.metricIsUniform, DMPlex.metricSetIsotropic, DMPlex.metricSetRestrictAnisotropyFirst, DMPlexMetricSetUniform

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:2320

metricSetVerbosity(verbosity)

Set the verbosity of the mesh adaptation package.

Logically collective.

Parameters:

verbosity (int) – The verbosity, where -1 is silent and 10 is maximum.

Return type:

None

See also

DMPlex.metricGetVerbosity, DMPlex.metricSetNumIterations, DMPlexMetricSetVerbosity

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:2566

orient()

Give a consistent orientation to the input mesh.

Collective.

See also

DM, DMPlex, DM.create, DMPlexOrient

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:865

Return type:

None

permute(perm)

Reorder the mesh according to the input permutation.

Collective.

Parameters:

perm (IS) – The point permutation, perm[old point number] = new point number.

Returns:

pdm – The permuted DMPlex.

Return type:

DMPlex

See also

DMPlex, Mat.permute, DMPlexPermute

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:2145

rebalanceSharedPoints(entityDepth=0, useInitialGuess=True, parallel=True)

Redistribute shared points in order to achieve better balancing.

Collective.

Parameters:

• entityDepth (int | None) – Depth of the entity to balance (e.g., 0 -> balance vertices).

• useInitialGuess (bool | None) – Whether to use the current distribution as initial guess.

• parallel (bool | None) – Whether to use ParMETIS and do the partition in parallel or gather the graph onto a single process.

Returns:

success – Whether the graph partitioning was successful or not. Unsuccessful simply means no change to the partitioning.

Return type:

bool

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlex.distribute, Working with PETSc options, DMPlexRebalanceSharedPoints

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:1514

reorderGetDefault()

Return flag indicating whether the DMPlex should be reordered by default.

Not collective.

See also

None, DMPlexReorderGetDefault

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:2169

Return type:

ReorderDefaultFlag

reorderSetDefault(flag)

Set flag indicating whether the DM should be reordered by default.

Logically collective.

Parameters:

• reorder – Flag for reordering.

• flag (ReorderDefaultFlag)

Return type:

None

See also

DMPlex.reorderGetDefault, DMPlexReorderSetDefault

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:2183

sectionLoad(viewer, sectiondm, sfxc)

Load section into a DM.

Collective.

Parameters:

• viewer (Viewer) – The Viewer that represents the on-disk section (sectionA).

• sectiondm (DM) – The DM into which the on-disk section (sectionA) is migrated.

• sfxc (SF) – The SF returned by topologyLoad.

Returns:

• gsf (SF) – The SF that migrates any on-disk Vec data associated with sectionA into a global Vec associated with the sectiondm’s global section (None if not needed).

• lsf (SF) – The SF that migrates any on-disk Vec data associated with sectionA into a local Vec associated with the sectiondm’s local section (None if not needed).

Return type:

tuple[SF, SF]

See also

DM, DMPlex, DM.load, DMPlex.topologyLoad, DMPlex.coordinatesLoad, DMPlex.labelsLoad, DMPlex.globalVectorLoad, DMPlex.localVectorLoad, DMPlex.sectionView, SF, Viewer, DMPlexSectionLoad

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:3351

sectionView(viewer, sectiondm)

Save a section associated with a DMPlex.

Collective.

Parameters:

• viewer (Viewer) – The Viewer for saving.

• sectiondm (DM) – The DM that contains the section to be saved.

Return type:

None

See also

DM, DMPlex, DM.view, DMPlex.topologyView, DMPlex.coordinatesView, DMPlex.labelsView, DMPlex.globalVectorView, DMPlex.localVectorView, DMPlex.sectionLoad, Viewer, DMPlexSectionView

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:3214

setAdjacencyUseAnchors(useAnchors=True)

Define adjacency in the mesh using the point-to-point constraints.

Logically collective.

Parameters:

useAnchors (bool) – Flag to use the constraints. If True, then constrained points are omitted from DMPlex.getAdjacency, and their anchor points appear in their place.

Return type:

None

See also

DMPlex, DMPlex.getAdjacency, DMPlex.distribute, DMPlexSetAdjacencyUseAnchors

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:1418

setCellType(p, ctype)

Set the polytope type of a given cell.

Not collective.

Parameters:

• p (int) – The cell.

• ctype (PolytopeType) – The polytope type of the cell.

Return type:

None

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlex.getCellTypeLabel, DMPlex.getDepth, DM.createLabel, DMPlexSetCellType

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:655

setChart(pStart, pEnd)

Set the interval for all mesh points [pStart, pEnd).

Not collective.

Parameters:

• pStart (int) – The first mesh point.

• pEnd (int) – The upper bound for mesh points.

Return type:

None

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlex.create, DMPlex.getChart, DMPlexSetChart

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:413

setCone(p, cone, orientation=None)

Set the points on the in-edges for this point in the DAG.

Not collective.

Parameters:

• p (int) – The point, which must lie in the chart set with DMPlex.setChart.

• cone (Sequence[int]) – An array of points which are on the in-edges for point p.

• orientation (Sequence[int] | None) – An array of orientations, defaults to None.

Return type:

None

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlex.create, DMPlex.getCone, DMPlex.setChart, DMPlex.setConeSize, DM.setUp, DMPlex.setSupport, DMPlex.setSupportSize, DMPlexSetCone

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:509

setConeOrientation(p, orientation)

Set the orientations on the in-edges for this point in the DAG.

Not collective.

Parameters:

• p (int) – The point, which must lie in the chart set with DMPlex.setChart.

• orientation (Sequence[int]) – An array of orientations.

Return type:

None

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlex.create, DMPlex.getConeOrientation, DMPlex.setCone, DMPlex.setChart, DMPlex.setConeSize, DM.setUp, DMPlexSetConeOrientation

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:624

setConeSize(p, size)

Set the number of in-edges for this point in the DAG.

Not collective.

Parameters:

• p (int) – The point, which must lie in the chart set with DMPlex.setChart.

• size (int) – The cone size for point p.

Return type:

None

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlex.create, DMPlex.getConeSize, DMPlex.setChart, DMPlexSetConeSize

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:458

setMatClosure(sec, gsec, mat, point, values, addv=None)

Set an array of the values on the closure of point.

Not collective.

Parameters:

• sec (Section) – The section describing the layout in mat, or None to use the default section.

• gsec (Section) – The section describing the layout in mat, or None to use the default global section.

• mat (Mat) – The matrix.

• point (int) – The point in the DMPlex.

• values (Sequence[Scalar]) – The array of values.

• mode – The insertion mode.

• addv (InsertModeSpec | None)

Return type:

None

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlexMatSetClosure

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:1239

setPartitioner(part)

Set the mesh partitioner.

Logically collective.

Parameters:

part (Partitioner) – The partitioner.

Return type:

None

See also

DM, DMPlex, Partitioner, DMPlex.distribute, DMPlex.getPartitioner, Partitioner.create, DMPlexSetPartitioner

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:1479

setRefinementLimit(refinementLimit)

Set the maximum cell volume for refinement.

Logically collective.

Parameters:

refinementLimit (float) – The maximum cell volume in the refined mesh.

Return type:

None

See also

DM, DMPlex, DM.refine, DMPlex.getRefinementLimit, DMPlex.getRefinementUniform, DMPlex.setRefinementUniform, DMPlexSetRefinementLimit

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:2081

setRefinementUniform(refinementUniform=True)

Set the flag for uniform refinement.

Logically collective.

Parameters:

refinementUniform (bool | None) – The flag for uniform refinement.

Return type:

None

See also

DM, DMPlex, DM.refine, DMPlex.getRefinementUniform, DMPlex.getRefinementLimit, DMPlex.setRefinementLimit, DMPlexSetRefinementUniform

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:2040

setSupport(p, supp)

Set the points on the out-edges for this point in the DAG.

Not collective.

Parameters:

• p (int) – The point, which must lie in the chart set with DMPlex.setChart.

• supp (Sequence[int]) – An array of points which are on the out-edges for point p.

Return type:

None

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlex.setCone, DMPlex.setConeSize, DMPlex.create, DMPlex.getSupport, DMPlex.setChart, DMPlex.setSupportSize, DM.setUp, DMPlexSetSupport

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:789

setSupportSize(p, size)

Set the number of out-edges for this point in the DAG.

Not collective.

Parameters:

• p (int) – The point, which must lie in the chart set with DMPlex.setChart.

• size (int) – The support size for point p.

Return type:

None

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlex.create, DMPlex.getSupportSize, DMPlex.setChart, DMPlexSetSupportSize

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:738

setTetGenOptions(opts)

Set the options used for the Tetgen mesh generator.

Not collective.

Parameters:

opts (str) – The command line options.

Return type:

None

See also

Working with PETSc options, DM, DMPlex, DMPlex.setTriangleOptions, DMPlex.generate, DMPlexTetgenSetOptions

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:1324

setTriangleOptions(opts)

Set the options used for the Triangle mesh generator.

Not collective.

Parameters:

opts (str) – The command line options.

Return type:

None

See also

Working with PETSc options, DM, DMPlex, DMPlex.setTetGenOptions, DMPlex.generate, DMPlexTriangleSetOptions

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:1304

setVecClosure(sec, vec, point, values, addv=None)

Set an array of the values on the closure of point.

Not collective.

Parameters:

• sec (Section) – The section describing the layout in vec, or None to use the default section.

• vec (Vec) – The local vector.

• point (int) – The point in the DMPlex.

• values (Sequence[Scalar]) – The array of values.

• mode – The insertion mode.

• addv (InsertModeSpec | None)

Return type:

None

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlexVecSetClosure

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:1207

stratify()

Calculate the strata of DAG.

Collective.

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlex.create, DMPlex.symmetrize, DMPlexStratify

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:853

Return type:

None

symmetrize()

Create support (out-edge) information from cone (in-edge) information.

Not collective.

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlex.create, DMPlex.setChart, DMPlex.setConeSize, DMPlex.setCone, DMPlexSymmetrize

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:840

Return type:

None

topologyLoad(viewer)

Load a topology into this DMPlex object.

Collective.

Parameters:

viewer (Viewer) – The Viewer for the saved topology

Returns:

sfxc – The SF that pushes points in [0, N) to the associated points in the loaded DMPlex, where N is the global number of points.

Return type:

SF

See also

DM, DMPlex, DM.load, DMPlex.coordinatesLoad, DMPlex.labelsLoad, DM.view, SF, Viewer, DMPlexTopologyLoad

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:3285

topologyView(viewer)

Save a DMPlex topology into a file.

Collective.

Parameters:

viewer (Viewer) – The Viewer for saving.

Return type:

None

See also

DM, DMPlex, DM.view, DMPlex.coordinatesView, DMPlex.labelsView, DMPlex.topologyLoad, Viewer, DMPlexTopologyView

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:3160

uninterpolate()

Convert to a mesh with only cells and vertices.

Collective.

See also

DMPlex, DMPlex.interpolate, DMPlex.createFromCellList, DMPlexUninterpolate

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:1730

Return type:

None

vecGetClosure(sec, vec, p)

Return an array of values on the closure of p.

Not collective.

Parameters:

• sec (Section) – The section describing the layout in vec.

• vec (Vec) – The local vector.

• p (int) – The point in the DMPlex.

Return type:

ArrayScalar

See also

DM, DMPlex, DMPlexVecRestoreClosure

Source code at petsc4py/PETSc/DMPlex.pyx:1149