On Wed, Feb 5, 2025 at 9:52 AM neil liu <liufi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear developers,
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> I am currently working with MMG in the context of PETSc and have
> identified a need to modify the existing MMG interface,
> DMAdaptMetric_Mmg_Plex(), for our use case. Given these requirements, I
> would like to explore the feasibility of contributing to PETSc to enhance
> this interface, which has been verified and validated in our research code.
> *Proposed Modifications:*
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> *Additional Labels for Physical Entities:*
> - In addition to the existing bdLabel and rgLabel, our case requires
> two additional labels to represent physical vertices and edges within
> the
> computational domain (3D).
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> I am open to this. Can you be more specific about what it means?
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> 1.
> - One approach is to introduce two new parameters in the
> subroutine’s input list. However, this may require modifications across
> related components, such as Pragmatic.
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> This is not a problem. I can modify those.
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> 1.
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> *Support for Open Boundaries:*
> - The current interface does not support open boundaries, a feature
> available in MMG.
> - As a result, several MMG benchmark cases involving open boundary
> remeshing cannot be executed within PETSc.
>
> Can you explain what this means? What is an open boundary exactly?
> Would this be a viable contribution to PETSc? If so, I would appreciate
> any guidance on the best approach to implementing these changes while
> maintaining compatibility with existing features.
>
Yes. Please make a fork of the petsc repo, make a branch with the proposed
changes, make an MR for that branch, and add me to your fork (I am knepley
on GitLab). I can help you get it going.
Thanks,
Matt
> Looking forward to your thoughts.
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> Best regards,
>
> Thanks,
> Xiaodong
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