hi everybody
I work with an axi mesh in OpenFoam (ie a 3D mesh with two wedge faces intersecting in one axis), and I wish to make comparison with fluent. foamMeshToFluent exports the complete 3D mesh. Would it be possible to export only the wedge face into a 2D .msh file? If someone has some idea, I would be very grateful.
Thank you in advance
Bruno

[andersking]

I have managed to do this for a 2D case (but I'm not sure that its the best way).

First I exported the 3D mesh using foamMeshToFluent.
Then loaded the mesh into gambit
import -> mesh -> Fluent 5/6
(make sure that 3D is selected otherwise it won't import).
delete the volume (make sure lower geometry is *not* selected - otherwise everything will go)
delete the unneeded faces (make sure lower geometry *is* selected - otherwise youll have to delete faces,edges and vertices manually).
now you should have a 2D mesh.

You will have to reorient the mesh so that the axis lines up with the x-axis (necessary for fluent), as well as adjust the boundaries so that the correct type and edges are used.

You should then be able to reexport the fluent mesh.

Cheers
Andrew

(PS i just realised that this was posted in july last year, i hope someone finds it useful anyway)