[Other] Acces to points and faces

jimswa · March 15, 2018, 11:24

Hello,

I have a question regarding the acces to the "points" and "faces" file. These files were created by blockMesh. If I open them there's only a list of hieroglyphs.

Can somebody tell me how to obtain the data?

The core problem is to find out the order of the faces of one patch.

I would be infinitely grateful for your help!!!

tomf · March 16, 2018, 05:20

Hi,

It sounds like you need to change binary format to ascii in system/controlDict and than run:

Code:

foamFormatConvert

Than you will at least have all the data in readable format.

But it may also be interesting to load the data in paraview and use the generate Ids filter.

Best Regards,
Tom

March 15, 2018, 11:24	Acces to points and faces	#1
jimswa New Member Hans Kurst Join Date: Feb 2018 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 8	Hello, I have a question regarding the acces to the "points" and "faces" file. These files were created by blockMesh. If I open them there's only a list of hieroglyphs. Can somebody tell me how to obtain the data? The core problem is to find out the order of the faces of one patch. I would be infinitely grateful for your help!!!

March 16, 2018, 05:20		#2
tomf Senior Member Tom Fahner Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Breda, Netherlands Posts: 638 Rep Power: 32	Hi, It sounds like you need to change binary format to ascii in system/controlDict and than run: Code: foamFormatConvert Than you will at least have all the data in readable format. But it may also be interesting to load the data in paraview and use the generate Ids filter. Best Regards, Tom

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
[snappyHexMesh] Help with Snappy: no layers growing	GianF	OpenFOAM Meshing & Mesh Conversion	2	September 23, 2020 08:26
[snappyHexMesh] Layers not growing at all	zonda	OpenFOAM Meshing & Mesh Conversion	12	June 6, 2020 11:28
[snappyHexMesh] Error snappyhexmesh - Multiple outside loops	avinashjagdale	OpenFOAM Meshing & Mesh Conversion	53	March 8, 2019 09:42
[snappyHexMesh] No layers in a small gap	bobburnquist	OpenFOAM Meshing & Mesh Conversion	6	August 26, 2015 09:38
snappyhexmesh remove blockmesh geometry	philipp1	OpenFOAM Running, Solving & CFD	2	December 12, 2014 10:58