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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am trying to fill the global vector . Using single processor, it works fine. However, switching to several processors, I get the error regarding the section offset out of range for several points. The short of error message is below. Can you let me know what causes the offset to become [0,0<span dir=RTL></span><span lang=FA dir=RTL style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><span dir=RTL></span>(</span><span dir=LTR></span><span dir=LTR></span><span dir=LTR></span><span dir=LTR></span> in this case and How I can solve this issue. Thanks for your time.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Amir <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>[1]PETSC ERROR: --------------------- Error Message --------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>[1]PETSC ERROR: Argument out of range<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>[1]PETSC ERROR: Section point 1 should be in [0, 0)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>[1]PETSC ERROR: #1 PetscSectionGetOffset() line 1155 in /home/amir/petsc/src/vec/is/utils/vsectionis.c<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>[1]PETSC ERROR: #2 PetscSectionGetFieldOffset() line 1208 in /home/amir/petsc/src/vec/is/utils/vsectionis.c<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>