# DACreate3d

Creates an object that will manage the communication of three-dimensional regular array data that is distributed across some processors.

### Synopsis

    #include "petscda.h"
    PetscErrorCode PETSCDM_DLLEXPORT DACreate3d(MPI_Comm comm,DAPeriodicType wrap,DAStencilType stencil_type,PetscInt M,
                   PetscInt N,PetscInt P,PetscInt m,PetscInt n,PetscInt p,PetscInt dof,PetscInt s,PetscInt *lx,PetscInt *ly,PetscInt *lz,DA *inra)

Collective on MPI_Comm

### Input Parameters

| comm | - MPI communicator
| wrap | - type of periodicity the array should have, if any. Use one of DA_NONPERIODIC, DA_XPERIODIC, DA_YPERIODIC, DA_XYPERIODIC, DA_XYZPERIODIC, DA_XZPERIODIC, or DA_YZPERIODIC.
| stencil_type | - Type of stencil (DA_STENCIL_STAR or DA_STENCIL_BOX)
| M,N,P | - global dimension in each direction of the array (use -M, -N, and or -P to indicate that it may be set to a different value from the command line with -da_grid_x <M> -da_grid_y <N> -da_grid_z <P>)
| m,n,p | - corresponding number of processors in each dimension (or PETSC_DECIDE to have calculated)
| dof | - number of degrees of freedom per node
| lx, ly, lz | - arrays containing the number of nodes in each cell along the x, y, and z coordinates, or PETSC_NULL. If non-null, these must be of length as m,n,p and the corresponding m,n, or p cannot be PETSC_DECIDE. Sum of the lx[] entries must be M, sum of the ly[] must N, sum of the lz[] must be P
| s | - stencil width

### Output Parameter

inra -the resulting distributed array object

### Options Database Key

| -da_view | - Calls DAView() at the conclusion of DACreate3d()
| -da_grid_x <nx> | - number of grid points in x direction, if M < 0
| -da_grid_y <ny> | - number of grid points in y direction, if N < 0
| -da_grid_z <nz> | - number of grid points in z direction, if P < 0
| -da_refine_x | - refinement ratio in x direction
| -da_refine_y | - refinement ratio in y direction
| -da_refine_y | - refinement ratio in z direction

### Notes

The stencil type DA_STENCIL_STAR with width 1 corresponds to the standard 7-pt stencil, while DA_STENCIL_BOX with width 1 denotes the standard 27-pt stencil.

The array data itself is NOT stored in the DA, it is stored in Vec objects; The appropriate vector objects can be obtained with calls to DACreateGlobalVector() and DACreateLocalVector() and calls to VecDuplicate() if more are needed.

### Keywords

distributed array, create, three-dimensional

### See Also

DADestroy(), DAView(), DACreate1d(), DACreate2d(), DAGlobalToLocalBegin(), DAGetRefinementFactor(),
DAGlobalToLocalEnd(), DALocalToGlobal(), DALocalToLocalBegin(), DALocalToLocalEnd(), DASetRefinementFactor(), DAGetInfo(), DACreateGlobalVector(), DACreateLocalVector(), DACreateNaturalVector(), DALoad(), DAView()

Level:beginner
Location:src/dm/da/src/da3.c
Index of all DA routines
Table of Contents for all manual pages
Index of all manual pages

### Examples

src/ksp/ksp/examples/tutorials/ex22.c.html
src/ksp/ksp/examples/tutorials/ex34.c.html
src/ksp/ksp/examples/tutorials/ex22f.F.html
src/snes/examples/tutorials/ex14.c.html
src/snes/examples/tutorials/ex20.c.html
src/dm/da/examples/tutorials/ex3.c.html