High Aspect Ratio Cells in Paraview

jms · April 7, 2011, 06:48

Dear all,

Do any of you know how to check the cells with highest aspect ratio with Paraview? If there are cells with high aspect ratio checkMesh from OpenFOAM creates a file in "constant/sets" called "highAspectRatioCells". Is there any way to open this one in Paraview?

Thanks.

Regards,

José

elisabet · April 7, 2011, 10:31

Hi José,

Of course there is!

If you open your case with paraFoam, at the main page you see a list of options, among them:

-Update GUI
-Cache Mesh
-Extrapolate Walls
-Include Sets
-...

just click on 'Include Sets' and you'll see it.

If you prefer dealing with paraview, use the command:

foamToVTK -cellSet highAspectRatioCells

and load the file as usual.

enjoy!

elisabet

jms · April 7, 2011, 11:45

Thank you very much for your help!

What about this other thread I started in here?... do you know any thing?

Gràcies!

José

idefix · Today, 03:52

Hello,

foamToVTK -cellSet highAspectRatioCells
is not working in my case.

I get the error massage:
--> FOAM FATAL ERROR:
Cannot find file "" in directory "polyMesh/sets" in times 0 down to constant

From function Time::findInstance(const fileName&, const word&, const IOobject::readOption, const word&)
in file db/Time/findInstance.C at line 140.

FOAM exiting

What is wrong? Can somebody help me?

Thanks a lot

April 7, 2011, 06:48	High Aspect Ratio Cells in Paraview	#1
jms Member José Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 73 Rep Power: 4	Dear all, Do any of you know how to check the cells with highest aspect ratio with Paraview? If there are cells with high aspect ratio checkMesh from OpenFOAM creates a file in "constant/sets" called "highAspectRatioCells". Is there any way to open this one in Paraview? Thanks. Regards, José

April 7, 2011, 10:31		#2
elisabet Member Elisabet Mas de les Valls Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Barcelona, Spain Posts: 60 Rep Power: 6	Hi José, Of course there is! If you open your case with paraFoam, at the main page you see a list of options, among them: -Update GUI -Cache Mesh -Extrapolate Walls -Include Sets -... just click on 'Include Sets' and you'll see it. If you prefer dealing with paraview, use the command: foamToVTK -cellSet highAspectRatioCells and load the file as usual. enjoy! elisabet atg and gfoam like this.

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April 7, 2011, 11:45		#3
jms Member José Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 73 Rep Power: 4	Thank you very much for your help! What about this other thread I started in here?... do you know any thing? Gràcies! José

Today, 03:52		#4
idefix New Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 17 Rep Power: 3	Hello, foamToVTK -cellSet highAspectRatioCells is not working in my case. I get the error massage: --> FOAM FATAL ERROR: Cannot find file "" in directory "polyMesh/sets" in times 0 down to constant From function Time::findInstance(const fileName&, const word&, const IOobject::readOption, const word&) in file db/Time/findInstance.C at line 140. FOAM exiting What is wrong? Can somebody help me? Thanks a lot