Check overlapping faces: This seems to be a bug in the grid
 

Good afternoon,
I´m new using this web and also about using Blender and engrids. In order to start learning how to use it I have started making the tutorial called "Unstructured Grids for OpenFOAM With Blender and enGrid 1.2", which is in the own engrid Homepage.

I followed all Blender steps without any Problem, including checking if it´s watertight and removing double Vertices (I hope I did it well). The Problem is that when I export this model to enGrid and click in the Option "Check overlapping faces" the message which appears is:

"This seems to be a bug in the grid. File: facefinder.cpp. Line:39". As the beginning I didn´t take care of that, so I tried to follow the next steps, assigning boundaries, creating the volume and so on (These didn´t cause Problems).
Of course when I tried to make a mesh it doesn´t work. Actually I don´t know if it´s a Problem of de blender file or just because I´m doing something wrong in enGrid.

I attach both elements, hoping someone could see my mistake.

I would really really appreciate any kind of help.
Thank you

These are the files I told about:

Attachment 34482

Ok, I achieved to solve the problem. It was due to I did not proper triangle the different faces.
Concerning the mentioned tutorial, I did it succesfully until 'Extruding prismatic layer'. When I create it (selecting icosphere and removing points), the programm crash and appears the following message:

p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; } Netgen stopped with the following error:
Illegal position in Geomsearch


I don have any idea about how to continue. Just I could say is the only step which I did not the same than the tutorial is when he create the rule mesh. At least to me it doesn't appear the "adding set" (I guess it is because of the version 1.4) so I surfed the net and I found these should be the commands to introduce in that box:


Back <AND> Inlet <OR>
Bottom <AND> Inlet <OR>
Front <AND> Inlet <OR>
Inlet <AND> Top <OR>
Back <AND> Outlet <OR>
Bottom <AND> Outlet <OR>
Front <AND> Outlet <OR>
Outlet <AND> Top <OR>
Back <AND> Bottom <OR>
Bottom <AND> Front <OR>
Front <AND> Top <OR>
Back <AND> Top = 0.1;

Sphere=0.05;


I would really appreciate any kind of help, just for not going crazy :confused::confused:


I attached the engrid and blender files.

Thank you

And enGrids...

Hi Wien3,

did u manage to create the prismatic boundary layer in your geometry? I'm having difficulties to do so. It says that i have 'overlapping faces' which i dont know what to do about it.

Kind regards!

Hi,

I suggest you go back to blender and try to repair your geometry. Be sure to check your geometry (page 7 on http://engits.eu/files/BlenderEngridLong.pdf). Once you have imported a valid geometry in enGrid, you can improve your surface mesh before you start building your boundary layer.

Best regards,

Kate