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: ‘datawriterhdf5’, from {default}

  • configurable as: datawriterhdf5, data_writer

Pyre Properties

• partitioner=<str>: Name of mesh partitioner (PETSc must be built with partitioner).

  • default value: ‘parmetis’

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

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

• use_edge_weighting=<bool>: Use edge weighting (parmetis only).

  • default value: True

  • current value: True, from {default}

• 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