itaps-parallel A question about iMeshP interface functions

[Onkar Sahni]

>
> What is a "remote handle"?   And are you talking about entity handles or
> part handles?

  remote-entity-handle/remote-entity-copy.

> Presumably if you have some structure that allows for a fast search for
> the
> parts an entity is contained in, then that structure is fairly large, as
> it
> must contain values for every mesh entity.  It is either costly in terms
> of
> memory required or slow.  Either way, it is expensive.
>
> How can the FMDB implementation efficiently search for the part an entity
> is
> contained in while not being able to efficiently determine if the entity
> is
> part of a given partition?  Is it the cost of determining which partition
> a
> part is in that FMDB cannot do efficiently?

  Concern is search in local mesh on processor. FMDB keeps information at
entity level based on its classification to partition-model.

- Onkar