[Other] What is the difference between foamToSurface and foamToVTK

samiahmed · May 3, 2020, 14:05

Hello,
the utility foamToSurface can export the mesh to multiple formats: (ac gts inp obj off ofs smesh stl stlb tri vtk wrl x3d). To convert to VTK format:

foamToSurface output.vtk

We can achieve that also using foamToVTK:

foamToVTK

What is the difference between these two utilities? why foamToVTK is needed when foamToSurface could achieve the same result?

Thanks

HPE · May 3, 2020, 14:52

What do `foamToSurface -help` and `foamToVTK -help` say?

foamToSurface (operates on the boundaries of a mesh)

foamToVTK (operates on internal and boundary mesh for visualisation purposes).

May 3, 2020, 14:05	What is the difference between foamToSurface and foamToVTK	#1
samiahmed New Member Join Date: Jun 2019 Posts: 15 Rep Power: 6	Hello, the utility foamToSurface can export the mesh to multiple formats: (ac gts inp obj off ofs smesh stl stlb tri vtk wrl x3d). To convert to VTK format: foamToSurface output.vtk We can achieve that also using foamToVTK: foamToVTK What is the difference between these two utilities? why foamToVTK is needed when foamToSurface could achieve the same result? Thanks

May 3, 2020, 14:52		#2
HPE Senior Member Herpes Free Engineer Join Date: Sep 2019 Location: The Home Under The Ground with the Lost Boys Posts: 932 Rep Power: 12	What do `foamToSurface -help` and `foamToVTK -help` say? foamToSurface (operates on the boundaries of a mesh) foamToVTK (operates on internal and boundary mesh for visualisation purposes). __________________ The OpenFOAM community is the biggest contributor to OpenFOAM: User guide/Wiki-1/Wiki-2/Code guide/Code Wiki/Journal Nilsson/Guerrero/Holzinger/Holzmann/Nagy/Santos/Nozaki/Jasak/Primer Governance Bugs/Features: OpenFOAM (ESI-OpenCFD-Trademark) Bugs/Features: FOAM-Extend (Wikki-FSB) Bugs: OpenFOAM.org How to create a MWE New: Forkable OpenFOAM mirror