[Salome] Precision in UNV to FOAM mesh conversion

richard_vega · August 18, 2015, 14:25

I am able to use ideasUnvToFoam with ease to convert meshes I have created using Salome into OpenFOAM format. There is only one problem: when I look at the points file that gets created in the polyMesh folder, I find that it is writing coordinates with a maximum of 5 decimal places. Is there a way to increase this precision?

wyldckat · August 18, 2015, 15:50

Quick answer: In your case folder, "system/controlDict" -> "writePrecision" - or in "writeFormat" use "binary" format for full precision... although it's binary.

richard_vega · August 19, 2015, 11:38

Thank you very much for the quick reply. It worked!

For some reason I did not associate the controlDict with the mesh converters. I thought it was just for the solver to write the field variables. Thank you again!!

August 18, 2015, 14:25	Precision in UNV to FOAM mesh conversion	#1
richard_vega New Member Richard Vega Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Texas Posts: 12 Rep Power: 13	I am able to use ideasUnvToFoam with ease to convert meshes I have created using Salome into OpenFOAM format. There is only one problem: when I look at the points file that gets created in the polyMesh folder, I find that it is writing coordinates with a maximum of 5 decimal places. Is there a way to increase this precision?

August 19, 2015, 11:38		#3
richard_vega New Member Richard Vega Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Texas Posts: 12 Rep Power: 13	Thank you very much for the quick reply. It worked! For some reason I did not associate the controlDict with the mesh converters. I thought it was just for the solver to write the field variables. Thank you again!! wyldckat likes this.

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August 18, 2015, 15:50		#2
wyldckat Retired Super Moderator Bruno Santos Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Lisbon, Portugal Posts: 10,981 Blog Entries: 45 Rep Power: 130	Quick answer: In your case folder, "system/controlDict" -> "writePrecision" - or in "writeFormat" use "binary" format for full precision... although it's binary.