[Commercial meshers] Fluent to OpenFoam Mesh converting

MultiphaseFlowsLab · September 27, 2012, 12:30

Hi,
I'm trying to convert fluent 3D mesh to OF, and I'm using fluent3DMeshToFOAM command(which I used it for my previous mesh converting) but I face following error:

--> FOAM Warning : Found unknown block of type: "3010"
on line 14

--> FOAM FATAL ERROR:
Do not understand characters: ÿ
on line 15

From function fluentMeshToFoam::lexer
in file fluent3DMeshToFoam.L at line 748.

FOAM exiting

could you please help me?

Prosiaczek · September 28, 2012, 14:32

Have you tried dos2unix_ first?

MultiphaseFlowsLab · September 28, 2012, 14:33

No, what is that?

MultiphaseFlowsLab · September 28, 2012, 14:35

I converted other meshed geometries from Ansys workbench to OF. they are fine, and I did the same for new file, but it did not work.

supercolli · May 8, 2013, 06:47

I've got exactly the same problem. Did you solved it?
I also tried dos2unix on the .msh file but it returns:
dos2unix: Skipping binary file FFF.1.msh

Any suggestion on the source of the conversion error?

theHumbleOne · May 20, 2014, 05:04

@supercolli
It seems to me that your .msh file is written as a binary, not ASCII file.
While saving/exporting you should probably uncheck "write binary files" option or change preferences somewhere else (e.g. in Tools in Ansys Mesher).

September 27, 2012, 12:30	Fluent to OpenFoam Mesh converting	#1
MultiphaseFlowsLab New Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 19 Rep Power: 14	Hi, I'm trying to convert fluent 3D mesh to OF, and I'm using fluent3DMeshToFOAM command(which I used it for my previous mesh converting) but I face following error: --> FOAM Warning : Found unknown block of type: "3010" on line 14 --> FOAM FATAL ERROR: Do not understand characters: ÿ on line 15 From function fluentMeshToFoam::lexer in file fluent3DMeshToFoam.L at line 748. FOAM exiting could you please help me?

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September 28, 2012, 14:32		#2
Prosiaczek New Member Andrzej Prusiński Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 10 Rep Power: 14	Have you tried dos2unix_ first?

September 28, 2012, 14:33		#3
MultiphaseFlowsLab New Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 19 Rep Power: 14	No, what is that?

September 28, 2012, 14:35		#4
MultiphaseFlowsLab New Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 19 Rep Power: 14	I converted other meshed geometries from Ansys workbench to OF. they are fine, and I did the same for new file, but it did not work.

May 8, 2013, 06:47		#5
supercolli New Member Matteo Colli Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 13	I've got exactly the same problem. Did you solved it? I also tried dos2unix on the .msh file but it returns: dos2unix: Skipping binary file FFF.1.msh Any suggestion on the source of the conversion error?

May 20, 2014, 05:04		#6
theHumbleOne New Member Michał Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 12 Rep Power: 11	@supercolli It seems to me that your .msh file is written as a binary, not ASCII file. While saving/exporting you should probably uncheck "write binary files" option or change preferences somewhere else (e.g. in Tools in Ansys Mesher).