petsc-3.9.4 2018-09-11
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DMSetType

 Builds a DM, for a particular DM implementation.

Synopsis

#include "petscdm.h"          
#include "petscdmlabel.h"     
#include "petscds.h"     
PetscErrorCode  DMSetType(DM dm, DMType method)
Collective on DM

Input Parameters

dm - The DM object
method - The name of the DM type

Options Database Key

-dm_type <type> -Sets the DM type; use -help for a list of available types

Notes

See "petsc/include/petscdm.h" for available DM types (for instance, DM1D, DM2D, or DM3D).

Keywords

DM, set, type

See Also

DMGetType(), DMCreate()

Level

intermediate

Location

src/dm/interface/dm.c

Examples

src/dm/impls/plex/examples/tutorials/ex5.c.html
src/dm/impls/forest/examples/tutorials/ex1.c.html
src/dm/examples/tutorials/ex20.c.html
src/dm/examples/tutorials/swarm_ex1.c.html
src/dm/examples/tutorials/swarm_ex2.c.html
src/dm/examples/tutorials/swarm_ex3.c.html
src/ksp/ksp/examples/tutorials/ex70.c.html
src/ts/examples/tutorials/ex11.c.html

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