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Summary of Discretization Management Systems#

DMType

Constructor

External Packages

Details

Structured grids

DMDA

DMDACreate3d()

Staggered structured grids

DMSTAG

DMStagCreate3d()

Octrees

DMFOREST

DMForestSetBaseDM()

p4est

Networks

DMNETWORK

DMNetworkCreate()

Particles

DMSWARM

DMSwarmSetCellDM()

Unstructured grids

DMPLEX

DMPlexCreate()

Support for finite elements and volumes

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