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# PetscPartitionerDMPlexPartition

Create a non-overlapping partition of the cells in the mesh

### Synopsis

    #include "petscdmplex.h"
    PetscErrorCode PetscPartitionerDMPlexPartition(PetscPartitioner part, DM dm, PetscSection targetSection, PetscSection partSection, IS *partition)

Collective on PetscPartitioner

### Input Parameters

| part | - The PetscPartitioner
| targetSection | - The PetscSection describing the absolute weight of each partition (can be NULL)
| dm | - The mesh DM

### Output Parameters

| partSection | - The PetscSection giving the division of points by partition
| partition | - The list of points by partition

### Notes

If the DM has a local section associated, each point to be partitioned will be weighted by the total number of dofs identified by the section in the transitive closure of the point.

### See Also

DMPlexDistribute(), PetscPartitionerCreate(), PetscSectionCreate(), PetscSectionSetChart(), PetscPartitionerPartition()

### Level

developer

### Location

src/dm/impls/plex/plexpartition.c
Index of all DMPLEX routines
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