[Gmsh] GmshToFoam FOAM FATAL ERROR faces deallocated

Tobias Prousa (Prousa)

Hi,

I try to generate a mesh using gmsh and later translate it into a OpenFOAM mesh using gmshToFoam, but I alwas get the error:

FOAM FATAL ERROR : faces deallocated

I think I am missing something in gmsh, but don't know what.
Here is what I did: In gmsh I created 8 points, connected them with straight lines to a cube, added 6 surfaces and then added a volume. After that I selected 'mesh'->'3d' and the saved the mesh as version1 .msh. When I now try to import the mesh in OpenFOAM using gmshToFoam this is what I get:

#> gmshToFoam . cavity test.msh
/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\
| ========= | |
| \ / F ield | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox |
| \ / O peration | Version: 1.0.2 |
| \ / A nd | Web: http://www.openfoam.org |
| \/ M anipulation | |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

Exec : gmshToFoam . cavity test.msh
Date : Feb 18 2005
Time : 20:33:25
Host : archer
PID : 11536
Root : /home/tobi/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.0.2/tutorials/icoFoam
Case : cavity
Nprocs : 1
Create database

Read nVerts:676

Read nElems:1456

Mapping region 14 to Foam patch 0
Mapping region 16 to Foam patch 1
Mapping region 18 to Foam patch 2
Mapping region 20 to Foam patch 3
Mapping region 22 to Foam patch 4
Mapping region 24 to Foam patch 5
Cells:
total:0
hex :0
prism:0
pyr :0
tet :0

Patches:
Patch Size
0 222
1 224
2 224
3 224
4 228
5 226


--> FOAM FATAL ERROR : faces deallocated

Function: const faceList& polyMesh::allFaces() const
in file: meshes/polyMesh/polyMesh.C at line: 526.

FOAM aborting

Aborted


Any idea what I am doing wrong? Thanks, Tobi