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# DMFOREST

“forest” - A DM object that encapsulates a hierarchically refined mesh. Forests usually have a base `DM` (see `DMForestGetBaseDM()`), from which it is refined. The refinement and partitioning of forests is considered immutable after `DMSetUp()` is called. To adapt a mesh, one should call `DMForestTemplate()` to create a new mesh that will default to being identical to it, specify how that mesh should differ, and then calling `DMSetUp()` on the new mesh. To specify that a mesh should be refined or coarsened from the previous mesh, a label should be defined on the previous mesh whose values indicate which cells should be refined (`DM_ADAPT_REFINE`) or coarsened (`DM_ADAPT_COARSEN`) and how (subtypes are free to allow additional values for things like anisotropic refinement). The label should be given to the new mesh with `DMForestSetAdaptivityLabel()`.

## See Also

`DMType`, `DM`, `DMCreate()`, `DMSetType()`, `DMForestGetBaseDM()`, `DMForestSetBaseDM()`, `DMForestTemplate()`, `DMForestSetAdaptivityLabel()`

## Level

advanced

## Location

src/dm/impls/forest/forest.c

## Examples

src/dm/impls/forest/tutorials/ex1.c

Index of all DMForest routines
Table of Contents for all manual pages
Index of all manual pages