[pizzaspinate]

hi,
I have the same error message when using sHM. I already tried the tips of an other thread posted here but it is still not running :-(
I have to say that Im new to OpenFOAM so it might be a really stupid mistake.
Thank you very much in advance for your help



-> FOAM FATAL ERROR:
Number of cells in mesh:512000 does not equal size of cellLevel:5829368
This might be because of a restart with inconsistent cellLevel.

From function hexRef8::getLevel0EdgeLength() const
in file polyTopoChange/polyTopoChange/hexRef8.C at line 358.

FOAM aborting

#0 Foam::error:rintStack(Foam::Ostream&) at ??:?
#1 Foam::error::abort() at ??:?
#2 Foam::hexRef8::getLevel0EdgeLength() const at ??:?
#3 Foam::hexRef8::hexRef8(FoamlyMesh const&, bool) at ??:?
#4 Foam::meshRefinement::meshRefinement(Foam::fvMesh& , double, bool, Foam::refinementSurfaces const&, Foam::refinementFeatures const&, Foam::shellSurfaces const&) at ??:?
#5
at ??:?
#6 __libc_start_main in "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6"
#7
at ??:?
Aborted (core dumped)



I used the motorbike sHMDict file and changed it were needed (well at least the stl names).
It now looks like this:

/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
| ========= | |
| \\ / F ield | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox |
| \\ / O peration | Version: 2.3.0 |
| \\ / A nd | Web: www.OpenFOAM.org |
| \\/ M anipulation | |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
FoamFile
{
version 2.0;
format ascii;
class dictionary;
object snappyHexMeshDict;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

// Which of the steps to run
castellatedMesh true;
snap true;
addLayers false;



geometry
{
UCAV.stl
{
type triSurfaceMesh;
name UCAV;
}

// refinementBox
// {
// type searchableBox;
// min (-1.0 -0.7 0.0);
// max ( 8.0 0.7 2.5);
// }
};



// Settings for the castellatedMesh generation.
castellatedMeshControls
{

// Refinement parameters
// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


maxLocalCells 100000;



maxGlobalCells 2000000;


minRefinementCells 10;


maxLoadUnbalance 0.10;



nCellsBetweenLevels 3;



// Explicit feature edge refinement
// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

features
(
{
file "UCAV.eMesh";
level 6;
}
);



// Surface based refinement
// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



refinementSurfaces
{
motorBike
{

level (5 6);


patchInfo
{
type wall;
inGroups (motorBikeGroup);
}
}
}

// Resolve sharp angles
resolveFeatureAngle 30;


// Region-wise refinement
// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


refinementRegions
{
refinementBox
{
mode inside;
levels ((1E15 4));
}
}


// Mesh selection
// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


locationInMesh (0 0 0);



allowFreeStandingZoneFaces true;
}



// Settings for the snapping.
snapControls
{

nSmoothPatch 3;

/
tolerance 2.0;


nSolveIter 30;


nRelaxIter 5;

// Feature snapping


nFeatureSnapIter 10;


implicitFeatureSnap false;


explicitFeatureSnap true;


multiRegionFeatureSnap false;
}



// Settings for the layer addition.
addLayersControls
{

relativeSizes true;


layers
{
"(lowerWall|motorBike).*"
{
nSurfaceLayers 1;
}
}


expansionRatio 1.0;


finalLayerThickness 0.3;


minThickness 0.1;


nGrow 0;

// Advanced settings


featureAngle 60;


slipFeatureAngle 30;


nRelaxIter 3;


nSmoothSurfaceNormals 1;


nSmoothNormals 3;


nSmoothThickness 10;


maxFaceThicknessRatio 0.5;


maxThicknessToMedialRatio 0.3;


minMedianAxisAngle 90;



nBufferCellsNoExtrude 0;



nLayerIter 50;
}




meshQualityControls
{
#include "meshQualityDict"


// Advanced


nSmoothScale 4;

errorReduction 0.75;
}


// Advanced

/
writeFlags
(
layerFields
);


mergeTolerance 1e-6;

[ssss]

Are you running 2 consecutive times snappyHexMesh?

Try removing all the files in constant/polyMesh/ with *level* or *Level* in its filename

[KarenRei]

Just wanted to add (for posterity) that this worked for me when I encountered this problem

[Eefoe]

Gotta say the same as well. When faced with the problem described, I deleted all the *level* files in my constant/polyMesh folder and it worked like a charm.

-Ethan

[Nicole Yu LZ]

just delete all the file with Level