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Old   May 8, 2006, 03:05
Default GmshToFoam undefined faces
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Hi to all
my name is Giuseppe and I'm new user of OF and gmsh.
I've a problem with my simple case a cube, so when I use gmshToFoam utility it report this warning:

Exec : gmshToFoam
/home/giuseppe/OpenFOAM/giuseppe-1.3/run/tutorials/simpleFoam prova cubef.msh
Date : May 08 2006
Time : 08:00:30
Host : linux
PID : 7819
Root : /home/giuseppe/OpenFOAM/giuseppe-1.3/run/tutorials/simpleFoam
Case : prova
Nprocs : 1
Create time

Read nVerts:865

Read nElems:4928

Mapping region 6 to Foam patch 0
Mapping region 15 to Foam patch 1
Mapping region 19 to Foam patch 2
Mapping region 23 to Foam patch 3
Mapping region 27 to Foam patch 4
Mapping region 28 to Foam patch 5
Mapping region 1 to Foam cellZone 0
Cells:
total:4016
hex :0
prism:0
pyr :0
tet :4016

Patches:
Patch Size
0 228
1 94
2 94
3 94
4 86
5 228

CellZones:
Zone Size
0 4016

--> FOAM Warning :
From function polyMesh::polyMesh(... construct from shapes...)
in file meshes/polyMesh/polyMeshFromShapeMesh.C at line 573
Found 824 undefined faces in mesh; adding to default patch.
Finding faces of patch 0
Finding faces of patch 1
Finding faces of patch 2
Finding faces of patch 3
Finding faces of patch 4
Finding faces of patch 5

FaceZones:
Zone Size

Writing zone 0 to cellZone cellZone_0 and cellSet
End

where is my error?
someone can help me?
Thanks to all.
Giuseppe
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Old   May 15, 2006, 05:39
Default It means you do not have defin
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It means you do not have defined gmsh surfaces on all boundary faces. You obviously have some:

Patch Size
0 228
1 94
2 94
3 94
4 86
5 228

but there are still 824 boundary faces that are not covered by gmsh surfaces.
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Old   May 19, 2006, 07:35
Default Hi Mattijs exactly which is t
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Hi Mattijs
exactly which is the right procedure?
This is my simple geo file:
Point(1) = {0,0,0,0.1};
Point(2) = {0.5,0,0,0.1};
Point(3) = {0.0,0.5,0,0.1};
Point(4) = {0.5,0.5,0,0.1};
Line(1) = {1,2};
Line(2) = {2,4};
Line(3) = {4,3};
Line(4) = {3,1};
Line Loop(5) = {2,3,4,1};
Plane Surface(6) = {5};
Extrude {0,0,0.5} {
Surface{6};
}
Physical Surface(101) = {15,6,23,28,19,27};
Physical Volume(100)= {1};
I've seen that 824 faces is the number of prism which gmsh produce, beside tetrahedra is right?
Thanks in advantage
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Old   May 19, 2006, 13:58
Default Sorry not prism but triangles.
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Sorry not prism but triangles....
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Old   May 19, 2006, 14:38
Default Hi, maybe its a bug and can be
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Hi, maybe its a bug and can be solved by running the newest gmsh version (v1.65) at: http://geuz.org/gmsh/src/
If you are to use the mesh you might want to use the extra recombine posibillity in the extruded direction. see the totorial 3 for this.
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Old   May 20, 2006, 08:53
Default Hi, Giuseppe, I ran your si
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Hi, Giuseppe,

I ran your simple geo file. I got 336 triangles and the rests are Tets. I used gmsh 1.65. Your geo file looked fine to me.

Recombine Surface will give you hex and/or prism elements, which are better than tet elements.

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Old   May 21, 2006, 02:47
Default Hi,Pei I've put Recombine Sur
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Hi,Pei
I've put Recombine Surface im my geo file but i've 96 Triangles 120 Quads 0 Tet 0 Hex and 0 prism
..............
Plane Surface(6) = {5};
Extrude {0,0,0.5} {
Surface{6};
}

Recombine Surface{15,6,23,28,19,27};
..............................

moreover when I use gmshToFoam for import mesh I've FOAM FATAL ERROR : faces deallocated
Where is my mistake?
Thanks Giuseppe
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Old   May 22, 2006, 05:54
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I don't know much about gmsh but an error like

FOAM FATAL ERROR : faces deallocated

probably means that there are no volume elements (tets, hexes etc.) in the file you are trying to read. Just look at the file with an editor. 2nd number is the element type acc. to the gmsh documentation.
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