petsc-3.9.4 2018-09-11
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DMConvert

Converts a DM to another DM, either of the same or different type.

Synopsis

#include "petscdm.h"          
#include "petscdmlabel.h"     
#include "petscds.h"     
PetscErrorCode DMConvert(DM dm, DMType newtype, DM *M)
Collective on DM

Input Parameters

dm - the DM
newtype - new DM type (use "same" for the same type)

Output Parameter

M -pointer to new DM

Notes

Cannot be used to convert a sequential DM to parallel or parallel to sequential, the MPI communicator of the generated DM is always the same as the communicator of the input DM.

See Also

DMCreate()

Level

intermediate

Location

src/dm/interface/dm.c

Examples

src/snes/examples/tutorials/ex12.c.html
src/snes/examples/tutorials/ex56.c.html
src/ts/examples/tutorials/ex11.c.html
src/ts/examples/tutorials/ex48.c.html

Implementations

DMConvert_plex_pforest in src/dm/impls/forest/p4est/pforest.c
DMConvert_pforest_plex in src/dm/impls/forest/p4est/pforest.c

Index of all DM routines
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