[Ivanet]

Dear Foamers,
I have done a mesh with blockMesh consisting of 6 blocks. Now I want to merge all the blocks and I am using for it mergePatchPairs. It works for some patches but not for all of them. I have attached my blockMeshDict so that you can check it.
Any idea or suggestion will be highly appreciated.
Thanks a lot in advance
Ivan

[Ivanet]

I have just solved the problem using face matching instead of face merging!
I guess it must work also with face merging, but I am happy so far with the mentioned solution.
Many greetings
Ivan

[hei@ge]

can you tell me how to edit mergepatchpairs?My case is cut the windfarm into two blocks.Thaks a lots.

[Ivanet]

Hi hei@ge
at the end of your blockMeshDict there is a mergePatchPairs entry. You only have to write there which patch pairs you want to merge.
If you have 2 different meshes that you want to merge, you can use the utility mergeMeshes for that.
I hope this helps...
Ivan

[hei@ge]

Hi,thread,thank you for your reply.but i can not solve my problem.please see my blockmeshdict for me.
vertices
(
( 581321 4.78537e+06 930)
( 582290 4.78537e+06 930)
( 582290 4.78624e+06 930)
( 581321 4.78624e+06 930)
( 581321 4.78537e+06 1030)
( 582290 4.78537e+06 1030)
( 582290 4.78624e+06 1030)
( 581321 4.78624e+06 1030)
( 581321 4.78537e+06 2000)
( 582290 4.78537e+06 2000)
( 582290 4.78624e+06 2000)
( 581321 4.78624e+06 2000)

);

blocks
(
hex (0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7) (30 30 25) simpleGrading (1 1 1)
hex (4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11) (30 30 30) simpleGrading (1 1 1)
);

edges
(
);

patches
(
patch outlet
(
(2 6 5 1)
(6 10 9 5)

)
patch sides
(
(1 5 4 0)
(5 9 8 4)
(3 7 6 2)
(7 11 10 6)
)
patch inlet
(
(0 4 7 3)
(4 8 11 7)
)
wall ground
(
(0 3 2 1)
)
patch top
(
(8 9 10 11)
)
patch interface1
(
(4 5 6 7)
)
patch interface2
(
(4 7 6 5)
)
);

mergePatchPairs
(
(<interface1> <interface2>)
);
my model is a Hex,i turn it into 2 blocks in the near bottom.

[aeroGeek]

Hi hei@ge,

You've probably figured it out by now, but just in case (and because unanswered threads bug me), here's your answer:

Internal faces between blocks (which won't be receiving boundary conditions) don't get assigned as patches - they are simply ignored, and OpenFoam will recognize them as simply being an interface between two blocks.

The exception is when the two blocks use separate vertices to define overlapping faces - say, if you were to copy vertices 4, 5, 6, & 7 to vertices 12, 13, 14, & 15. THEN you would use mergePatchPairs to merge the faces (4 5 6 7) and (15 14 13 12)

Hope this helps someone!

Regards,
Jacob

[fakekarma]

@ Hei@ge,

I don't if it is just a mistake in copy and paste but you should in matchPatchPairs write

(interface1 interface2)

instead of

(<interface1> <interface2>)

Cheers,

Elia