[Other] Meshing tool for FV with Foam

frederic · December 5, 2005, 12:34

Hello,

Which meshing tool do you recommend me for using openfoam ?

Thanks you,

Frederic

edvardsenpriv · December 6, 2005, 03:32

Hello Fredric
OpenFOAM has its own simple mesh generator, blockMesh, and a range of utilities of mesh manipulation, see:
http://www.opencfd.co.uk/openfoam/in...meshGeneration and
http://www.opencfd.co.uk/openfoam/in...shManipulation

If you however find blockMesh a bit too timeconsuming to use (as myself), there are quite a few mesh converters included in OpenFoam, see:
http://www.opencfd.co.uk/openfoam/in...meshConversion
There is one converter missing on the list: netgenNeutralToFoam
It is my impression that for those who don't have access to ay commercial mesher, Netgen(http://www.hpfem.jku.at/netgen/index.../download.html), tetgen(http://tetgen.berlios.de/) or Gmsh(http://www.geuz.org/gmsh/) is most used. Personally I only have experience with Netgen. The good thing about Netgen is that you can import *.step files from 3D CAD programs.

Lars

December 5, 2005, 12:34	Meshing tool for FV with Foam	#1
frederic New Member frederic.deghetto@free.fr Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Saint Brévin, France Posts: 3 Rep Power: 17	Hello, Which meshing tool do you recommend me for using openfoam ? Thanks you, Frederic

December 6, 2005, 03:32	Hello Fredric OpenFOAM has it	#2
edvardsenpriv New Member Lars Edvarsen Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 14 Rep Power: 17	Hello Fredric OpenFOAM has its own simple mesh generator, blockMesh, and a range of utilities of mesh manipulation, see: http://www.opencfd.co.uk/openfoam/in...meshGeneration and http://www.opencfd.co.uk/openfoam/in...shManipulation If you however find blockMesh a bit too timeconsuming to use (as myself), there are quite a few mesh converters included in OpenFoam, see: http://www.opencfd.co.uk/openfoam/in...meshConversion There is one converter missing on the list: netgenNeutralToFoam It is my impression that for those who don't have access to ay commercial mesher, Netgen(http://www.hpfem.jku.at/netgen/index.../download.html), tetgen(http://tetgen.berlios.de/) or Gmsh(http://www.geuz.org/gmsh/) is most used. Personally I only have experience with Netgen. The good thing about Netgen is that you can import *.step files from 3D CAD programs. Lars

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