petsc-3.8.4 2018-03-24

DMPlexCreatePLYFromFile

Create a DMPlex mesh from a PLY file.

#include "petscdmplex.h"   
PetscErrorCode DMPlexCreatePLYFromFile(MPI_Comm comm, const char filename[], PetscBool interpolate, DM *dm)

	comm	- The MPI communicator
	filename	- Name of the .med file
	interpolate	- Create faces and edges in the mesh

dm -The DM object representing the mesh

Note: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PLY_(file_format)