[Gearb0x]

Dear Foamers,

I'm trying to use the sample utility but this doesn't work... I'm using openfoam 1.6, simpleFoam.

here is my sampleDict :

/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\
| =========                 |                                                 |
| \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox           |
|  \\    /   O peration     | Version:  1.0                                   |
|   \\  /    A nd           | Web:      http://www.openfoam.org               |
|    \\/     M anipulation  |                                                 |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

FoamFile
{
    version         2.0;
    format          ascii;

    root        ".";
    case         "";
    instance        "system";
    local           "";

    class           dictionary;
    object          sampleDict;
}

interpolationScheme cellPoint;

setFormat raw;

sets
(
    leftPatch
    {    
        type uniform;
        axis xyz;
        start (-0.095 0.4 0); //0.0875856727361679
        end   (-0.02  0.4 0);
        nPoints 50;
    }
);

surfaces    ();

fields        (U);

// ************************************************************************* //

command : sample
here is the output :

iter:55420 at startPoint:(-0.02 0.4 0)
    node:112 octant:6 bb:(-0.02375 0.374062 -0.00109482) (-0.011875 0.4275 0)
    iter:55420 hit face:front at:(-0.02 0.4 0)
    node:112 octant:6 bb:(-0.02375 0.374062 -0.00109482) (-0.011875 0.4275 0)
    walking to neighbour containing:(-0.02 0.4 1.09482e-17)
    walked for point:(-0.02 0.4 0)
    to neighbour node:246 octant:2 face:back of octantBb:(-0.02375 0.374062 0) (-0.011875 0.4275 0.00109482)

iter:55421 at startPoint:(-0.02 0.4 0)
    node:246 octant:2 bb:(-0.02375 0.374062 0) (-0.011875 0.4275 0.00109482)
    iter:55421 hit face:back at:(-0.02 0.4 0)
    node:246 octant:2 bb:(-0.02375 0.374062 0) (-0.011875 0.4275 0.00109482)
    walking to neighbour containing:(-0.02 0.4 -1.09482e-17)
    walked for point:(-0.02 0.4 0)
    to neighbour node:112 octant:6 face:front of octantBb:(-0.02375 0.374062 -0.00109482) (-0.011875 0.4275 0)

iter:55422 at startPoint:(-0.02 0.4 0)
    node:112 octant:6 bb:(-0.02375 0.374062 -0.00109482) (-0.011875 0.4275 0)
    iter:55422 hit face:front at:(-0.02 0.4 0)
    node:112 octant:6 bb:(-0.02375 0.374062 -0.00109482) (-0.011875 0.4275 0)
    walking to neighbour containing:(-0.02 0.4 1.09482e-17)
    walked for point:(-0.02 0.4 0)
    to neighbour node:246 octant:2 face:back of octantBb:(-0.02375 0.374062 0) (-0.011875 0.4275 0.00109482)

and this never stopps. I tried to change the z coordinate for 0.0875856727361679 (because that is what parafoam was using when he ploted the data)
but this didn't work well either : it created a sets directory with 556 for the time, a field leftpatch_U.xy but with only four numbers...

Please does anyone know how to solve this problem?

Thanks for your help