Re: [Libmesh-users] default mesh partitioner

[Roy S. <roy...@ic...>]

On Mon, 9 Jan 2012, Ataollah Mesgarnejad wrote:

> I wonder what is the default mesh partitioner when I read my file
> exodusII mesh file in parallel job?

Depends what your configure options are, but probably Metis for
SerialMesh or ParMetis for ParallelMesh.

> and how can I set it to a specific mesh partitioner?

MeshBase::partitioner() references an auto_ptr to the current
partitioner; you can construct a replacement of a different subclass
and reset it to use that instead.
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Roy