On Tue, 2 Jun 2009, Mengda Wu wrote:

>   I am trying to use the MeshData structure in parallel. It seems
>   that there are some discussions on this issue. I am wondering what
>   is the status of MeshData in parallel.

Unmaintained in general, not working in parallel.  None of the current
libMesh developers are MeshData users/developers or have been for
quite some time, so nobody's had the knowledge to work on or extend
the class.

> How to handle the meshdata such as material parameters in parallel
> if this feature is not available.

A separate solution field in a separate ExplicitSystem can be used to
store scalar material parameters easily; an equal order LAGRANGE field
for nodal data or a 0th order MONOMIAL field for cell data, for
example.  Those would get extended properly though mesh
refinement/coarsening.

Alternatively, you could be the one to fix MeshData.  We'd happily
accept patches from an active user of it.
---
Roy

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