paraFoam reader for OpenFOAM 1.6
 

Hi all,

I am installing OF 1.6 and all seem OK. I try the case cavity of icoFoam solver and when I try to use paraFoam, the following message occurs:

"A reader for "/home/sylvain/OpenFOAM/sylvain-1.6/run/tutorials/icoFoam/cavity/cavity.OpenFOAM" could not be found. Please choose one:

...
OpenFOAM files
...
"
But when I choose this reader, paraview crashes

"terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::length_error'
what(): basic_string::_S_create
Aborted

I would like to have information to know how solving this problem.

Thank you very much.

I use :
Ubuntu 8.04
Qt 4.3.5
QMake 2.01a


Sylvain

Hi Sylvain,

Have you recompiled the PV3FoamReader as explained in Section 7 of the README file?

Cheers, Gijs

Compile PV3FoamReader module
 

Hi Gijs,

I recompiled the PV3FoamReader module as explained in the readme file and all seem to be OK since no error was shown. Paraview works good and I can launch it by typing paraview in a terminal. ParaFoam open paraview but the reader cannot be found.

Other idea? Thank you for your answer...

Sylvain

The QT version
 

I finally found the problem. I was using QT4.3.5 and I switch to the original Ubuntu 8.04 QT version 4.3.4 with:

sudo update-alternatives --config qmake

The reader works good now. Thank you all.

Hi there

I have the exact same problem but I am using QMake version 2.01a
Using Qt version 4.5.2 in /usr/lib

I assume its a Qt problem , but I unsure how to get an earlier version installed
when i try the above i get
There is only one alternative in link group qmake: /usr/bin/qmake-qt4
Nothing to configure.


Can you point me in the right direction?

Stephen

Hi, First of all, try to follow the Read Me file. A section about Qt version is available. Try to install Qt-4.3.5 and let me know what's happen.

Sylvain

Just for completeness. This error is an indication that the buggy VTK builtin OpenFOAM reader has been selected (uses the "*.foam" extension). There is a much better version of this reader from Takuya OSHIMA that can be found on the wiki http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/Co...r_for_ParaView

In any case, you should also compile the library-based reader that is included in the OpenFOAM distribution.

I unsure of how to do that.. is there a link?

I have 4.5 installed and according to the web site in README it should be ok

Stephen

Ubuntu 9.10 karmic koala

You can get the source package qt-x11-opensource-src-4.3.5.tar.gz here. First unpack it, then configure it ("./configure"), then "make" and "make install". For the last two you may have to be root.

Cheers, Gijs

Hi Stephen,

you can found on the following web page some indications about how to switch Qt version in Ubuntu but you have to install other version of Qt before that:
http://jpnurmi.kapsi.fi/blog/2008/03...ion-in-ubuntu/

Follow the point 2.1 Qt to install other versions of Qt and do the switch... Let me know the results.

Initially, I tried to install OF-1.5 on Ubuntu 9.04 and the paraview didn't work good. I tried a lot of thing without success. I finally installed Ubuntu 8.04 and Qt 4.3.5 and paraview with parafoam was OK. For OF-1.6, to make parafoam working good, I changed the Qt version to the original Qt version of my Ubuntu (Qt-4.3.4) and, now, parafoam is perfect.

Try installing some older Qt-Version and switch them and reinstall the third party paraview and foam reader (VT3FoamReader).

Sylvain

Thanks all for the replies , I will try this tomorrow and report back

Stephen

Ok uninstalled Paraview

in a separate Directory

/home/s/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-1.6/paraview4.3.5

Downloaded the source file

/home/s/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-1.6/paraview4.3.5/qt-x11-opensource-src-4.3.5

then ./configure

sudo su

make

make install

Paraview installs ok ..

in a terminal type paraview and it runs ok ,,,still I cannot view openfoam output files

in the cavities directory

Blockmesh runs ok
reating block offsets

Creating merge list .

Creating points with scale 0.1

Creating cells

Creating patches

Creating mesh from block mesh

Default patch type set to empty

Writing polyMesh



icoFoam runs ok

Courant Number mean: 0.116925 max: 0.852134
DILUPBiCG: Solving for Ux, Initial residual = 1.89493e-07, Final residual = 1.89493e-07, No Iterations 0
DILUPBiCG: Solving for Uy, Initial residual = 4.14522e-07, Final residual = 4.14522e-07, No Iterations 0
DICPCG: Solving for p, Initial residual = 1.06665e-06, Final residual = 3.39604e-07, No Iterations 1
time step continuity errors : sum local = 5.25344e-09, global = -9.50761e-19, cumulative = 8.05678e-18
DICPCG: Solving for p, Initial residual = 5.36118e-07, Final residual = 5.36118e-07, No Iterations 0
time step continuity errors : sum local = 6.86432e-09, global = 4.62063e-19, cumulative = 8.51884e-18
ExecutionTime = 0.19 s ClockTime = 0 s

in the same terminal typing Paraview i get

s@s-desktop:~/OpenFOAM/s-1.6.x/myOpenFoamCases/cavity$ paraview
paraview: /home/s/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-1.6.x/gcc-4.3.3/platforms/linux64/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.11' not found (required by /usr/lib/paraview/libpqComponents.so)
paraview: /home/s/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-1.6.x/gcc-4.3.3/platforms/linux64/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.11' not found (required by /usr/lib/paraview/libpqCore.so)
paraview: /home/s/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-1.6.x/gcc-4.3.3/platforms/linux64/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.11' not found (required by /usr/lib/paraview/libQVTK.so.pv3.4)
paraview: /home/s/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-1.6.x/gcc-4.3.3/platforms/linux64/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.11' not found (required by /usr/lib/paraview/libvtkViews.so.pv3.4)
paraview: /home/s/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-1.6.x/gcc-4.3.3/platforms/linux64/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.11' not found (required by /usr/lib/paraview/libvtkPVServerManager.so)
paraview: /home/s/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-1.6.x/gcc-4.3.3/platforms/linux64/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.11' not found (required by /usr/lib/paraview/libvtkPVFilters.so)
paraview: /home/s/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-1.6.x/gcc-4.3.3/platforms/linux64/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.11' not found (required by /usr/lib/paraview/libvtkVolumeRendering.so.pv3.4)
paraview: /home/s/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-1.6.x/gcc-4.3.3/platforms/linux64/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.11' not found (required by /usr/lib/paraview/libvtkXdmf.so)
paraview: /home/s/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-1.6.x/gcc-4.3.3/platforms/linux64/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.11' not found (required by /usr/lib/paraview/libXdmf.so)
paraview: /home/s/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-1.6.x/gcc-4.3.3/platforms/linux64/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.11' not found (required by /usr/lib/paraview/libvtkPVServerCommon.so)
paraview: /home/s/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-1.6.x/gcc-4.3.3/platforms/linux64/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.11' not found (required by /usr/lib/paraview/libvtkInfovis.so.pv3.4)
paraview: /home/s/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-1.6.x/gcc-4.3.3/platforms/linux64/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.11' not found (required by /usr/lib/paraview/libvtkWidgets.so.pv3.4)
paraview: /home/s/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-1.6.x/gcc-4.3.3/platforms/linux64/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.11' not found (required by /usr/lib/paraview/libKWCommon.so)
paraview: /home/s/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-1.6.x/gcc-4.3.3/platforms/linux64/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.11' not found (required by /usr/lib/paraview/libvtkPVCommandOptions.so)
paraview: /home/s/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-1.6.x/gcc-4.3.3/platforms/linux64/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.11' not found (required by /usr/lib/paraview/libvtkGenericFiltering.so.pv3.4)
paraview: /home/s/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-1.6.x/gcc-4.3.3/platforms/linux64/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.11' not found (required by /usr/lib/paraview/libvtkHybrid.so.pv3.4)
paraview: /home/s/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-1.6.x/gcc-4.3.3/platforms/linux64/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.11' not found (required by /usr/lib/paraview/libvtkParallel.so.pv3.4)
paraview: /home/s/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-1.6.x/gcc-4.3.3/platforms/linux64/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.11' not found (required by /usr/lib/paraview/libvtkRendering.so.pv3.4)
paraview: /home/s/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-1.6.x/gcc-4.3.3/platforms/linux64/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.11' not found (required by /usr/lib/paraview/libvtkGraphics.so.pv3.4)
paraview: /home/s/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-1.6.x/gcc-4.3.3/platforms/linux64/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.11' not found (required by /usr/lib/paraview/libvtkImaging.so.pv3.4)
paraview: /home/s/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-1.6.x/gcc-4.3.3/platforms/linux64/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.11' not found (required by /usr/lib/paraview/libvtkIO.so.pv3.4)
paraview: /home/s/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-1.6.x/gcc-4.3.3/platforms/linux64/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.11' not found (required by /usr/lib/paraview/libvtkFiltering.so.pv3.4)
paraview: /home/s/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-1.6.x/gcc-4.3.3/platforms/linux64/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.11' not found (required by /usr/lib/paraview/libvtkCommon.so.pv3.4)
paraview: /home/s/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-1.6.x/gcc-4.3.3/platforms/linux64/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.11' not found (required by /usr/lib/paraview/libvtkDICOMParser.so.pv3.4)
paraview: /home/s/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-1.6.x/gcc-4.3.3/platforms/linux64/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.11' not found (required by /usr/lib/paraview/libvtkmetaio.so.pv3.4)
paraview: /home/s/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-1.6.x/gcc-4.3.3/platforms/linux64/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.11' not found (required by /usr/lib/paraview/libvtksys.so.pv3.4)





So the compiled paraview is in the wrong place ?? why does it run but not read the openFoam files?

Ill clean and try to compile again ... but I am a bit lost .....

Stephen

GNU/Linux version
The 32bit and 64bit binary packs of the OpenFOAM release were compiled on
a machine running openSUSE GNU/Linux version 11.1 and also tested on
Ubuntu 9. We recommend that users run OpenFOAM on one of these, or on a
similarly recent version of GNU/Linux. This release has also been
successfully compiled and tested on older GNU/Linux releases, but this
requires the installation of Qt 4.3.? (the sources for which are supplied
with OpenFOAM-1.6, see README) for ParaView-3 to run.

So I did this

INSTALLING Qt/X11 Version 4.3.5.


cd /tmp
gunzip qt-x11-opensource-src-4.3.5.tar.gz # uncompress the archive
tar xvf qt-x11-opensource-src-4.3.5.tar # unpack it

This creates the directory /tmp/qt-x11-opensource-src-4.3.5 containing the files


3. Building

To configure the Qt library for your machine type, run the
./configure script in the package directory.

I assume openFoam??? is the directory ??? ( or Paraview ??)

By default, Qt is configured for installation in the
/usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.3.5 directory, but this can be
changed by using the -prefix option. Alternatively, the
-prefix-install option can be used to specify a "local"
installation within the source directory.

cd /tmp/qt-x11-opensource-src-4.3.5
./configure

Type "./configure -help" to get a list of all available options.


make
"

and enter the root password.


make confclean

before running the configure script again.


The oly thing I can think of doing now is sourcing paraview 3

making a directory called paraview and unpack QT4.3 into it and then compile inside the paraview directory ?

I don't know this is all beyond me ,,,I am more comfortable with me gas torch !!!

Stephen

Gave up

thanks for the support though much appreciated

I Just convert to VTK

and view in Paraview

Stephen