[Salome] Conversion of a cylinder with IdeasUnvToFoam

David* · July 27, 2009, 08:40

Dear community,

I need your help to see if i am making a fundamental mistake in learning OF.
I want to simulate the water stream around a cylinder in a simple channel. The geometry and mesh was created using Salome. After the conversion into OF format with IdeasUnvToFoam, the geometry is kinda messy. It seems that the cylinder is not translated correctly, neither are the holes in the top and bottom faces.

What do I need to change to make the conversion running? (Checkmesh does not complain about the converted mesh).

I'm using Ubuntu 9, OF 1.5 and Salome 4.1.4.

Thank you in advance,
David

http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=wireframeah4z.png
http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=meshbcy8.png
http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=paraviewmgp4.png
(sorry that I posted only hyperlinks, the preview post tool removed my image links every time)

David* · September 16, 2009, 09:36

I found the solution by accident: it's a problem with the language variable, which has to been set to "C" in operating systems not using english as default language.

write LANG=C in your .bashrc file located invisible in your HOME directory. then restart terminal and voila!

detailed information about this topic: http://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/ope...tml#post218694

July 27, 2009, 08:40	Conversion of a cylinder with IdeasUnvToFoam	#1
David* Member David GISEN Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Germany Posts: 68 Rep Power: 16	Dear community, I need your help to see if i am making a fundamental mistake in learning OF. I want to simulate the water stream around a cylinder in a simple channel. The geometry and mesh was created using Salome. After the conversion into OF format with IdeasUnvToFoam, the geometry is kinda messy. It seems that the cylinder is not translated correctly, neither are the holes in the top and bottom faces. What do I need to change to make the conversion running? (Checkmesh does not complain about the converted mesh). I'm using Ubuntu 9, OF 1.5 and Salome 4.1.4. Thank you in advance, David http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=wireframeah4z.png http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=meshbcy8.png http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=paraviewmgp4.png (sorry that I posted only hyperlinks, the preview post tool removed my image links every time)

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September 16, 2009, 09:36		#2
David* Member David GISEN Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Germany Posts: 68 Rep Power: 16	I found the solution by accident: it's a problem with the language variable, which has to been set to "C" in operating systems not using english as default language. write LANG=C in your .bashrc file located invisible in your HOME directory. then restart terminal and voila! detailed information about this topic: http://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/ope...tml#post218694