Distributor

Full name:

pylith.topology.Distributor

Journal name:

mesh_distributor

Distributor of the the mesh among processes.

Pyre Facilities

• data_writer: Data writer for partition information.

  • current value: ‘datawritervtk’, from {default}

  • configurable as: datawritervtk, data_writer

Pyre Properties

• partitioner=<str>: Name of mesh partitioner.

  • default value: ‘chaco’

  • current value: ‘chaco’, from {default}

  • validator: (in [‘chaco’, ‘metis’, ‘parmetis’, ‘simple’])

• write_partition=<bool>: Write partition information to file.

  • default value: False

  • current value: False, from {default}

Example

Example of setting Distributor Pyre properties and facilities in a parameter file.

[pylithapp.mesh_generator.distributor]
partitioner = parmetis