Hi, What is the number of
 

Hi,
What is the number of components of the Bmean tensor in the results of tutorial/channelOodles/channel395 ? foamToVTK marks the tensor has 6 components but saves 9 for each of them.
Thanks,

JT
Bmean 6 60000 float
followed by 540000 values (60000 * 9)

Found the reason for the probl
 

Found the reason for the problem: the 6 components symmTensor is saved as a regular 9 components tensor. I have a fix but don't know how to attach the files, can someone let me know how to submit the fix.
Thanks.

See the Documentation->Formatt
 

See the Documentation->Formatting on the left: \attach

Alternatively tell us what you've changed.

The writeFuns::write function
 

The writeFuns::write function uses the insert function to convert the symmTensor into a scalar list:
void Foam::writeFuns::write(*)
{
......
insert(vvf.internalField(), fField);
......
write(os, binary, fField);
}

The insert function is defined for scalar, vector and tensor only, not defined for symmTensor, so the one for tensor is used symmTensor.
Add the following two insert function in Foam::writeFuns can solve the problem:

void Foam::writeFuns::insert(const symmTensor& pt, DynamicList<floatscalar>& dest)
{
for (direction cmpt = 0; cmpt < symmTensor::nComponents; cmpt++)
{
dest.append(float(pt[cmpt]));
}
}
void Foam::writeFuns::insert(const sphericalTensor& pt, DynamicList<floatscalar>& dest)
{
for (direction cmpt = 0; cmpt < sphericalTensor::nComponents; cmpt++)
{
dest.append(float(pt[cmpt]));
}
}

Thanks. Just so people don'
 

Thanks.

Just so people don't make the same mistake I made (board converted floatScalar to all lower case) here are the corrected files for 1.4.1.

http://www.cfd-online.com/OpenFOAM_D...hment_icon.gif writeFuns.C
http://www.cfd-online.com/OpenFOAM_D...hment_icon.gif writeFuns.H