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Old   July 16, 2013, 18:05
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Hello all,

I am new to OpenFOAM and am trying to convert a mesh in plot3d format to OpenFOAM format. I am trying to use the built in grid converter: plot3dToFoam. Here is the output:

/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\
| ========= | |
| \\ / F ield | OpenFOAM Extend Project: Open source CFD |
| \\ / O peration | Version: 1.6-ext |
| \\ / A nd | Web: www.extend-project.de |
| \\/ M anipulation | |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
Build : 1.6-ext-1fac933c6108
Exec : plot3dToFoam ../../../../iso-q-4in.p3d
Date : Jul 16 2013
Time : 14:58:40
Host : pfe21
PID : 34244
Case : /../OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.6-ext/../constant
nProcs : 1
SigFpe : Enabling floating point exception trapping (FOAM_SIGFPE).

// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
Create time



--> FOAM FATAL IO ERROR:
cannot open file

file: /../OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.6-ext/../constant/system/controlDict at line 0.

From function regIOobject::readStream()
in file db/regIOobject/regIOobjectRead.C at line 62.

FOAM exiting

Thanks in advance!

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