potentialFoam/cylinder tutorial problems

Nkl · March 3, 2015, 11:08

Hi to everyone!

I am trying to run the tutorial cylinder, but I am facing some problems. I have looked at other similar threads, but I couldn't find any solution.

When I type blockMesh command I receive the error message which I attached as a screenshot, since I cannot copy and paste from the terminal I am using(I am on windows btw).

I went to etc/controlDict and changed allowSystemOperations from 0 to 1, but still it doesn't work. I have all the tutorials copied into /home/Nicola/OpenFOAM/nikola-2.3.x/run.

However, when I type ./Allrun command, everything seems to work well (except that it doesn't find a line in the code, I attach another screenshot for that too).

Did I set something wrong in the installation (running using root account instead of users)?

Many thanks in advance!

Svensen · March 4, 2015, 03:29

If it's possible try to use Linux version of OpenFOAM. Ubuntu packages are available on the official site (you don't have to build OpenFOAM by yourself). It can help you to skip a lot of errors when you are deeling with OpenFOAM...

Nkl · March 5, 2015, 10:17

Ok, I will install and run OpenFOAM on a Linux version. In the meanwhile, any other tips? Thanks.

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