Meshing Error: Bad token - could not get word
 

Hello folks,

This is my first forum post so forgive me if I am a little new to some features of OpenFOAM. It is my hope that I can continue to learn more as I pursue my PhD.

I am using OpenFOAM v1812 and attempting to convert an ASCII V2 mesh to OpenFOAM using gmshToFoam command. When I do this, I obtain the following:

[ofuser@db8afc29162f Waverider]$ gmshToFoam nonweiler_research_W.msh
/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\
| ========= | |
| \\ / F ield | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox |
| \\ / O peration | Version: v1812 |
| \\ / A nd | Web: www.OpenFOAM.com |
| \\/ M anipulation | |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
Build : v1812 OPENFOAM=1812
Arch : "LSB;label=32;scalar=64"
Exec : gmshToFoam nonweiler_research_W.msh
Date : Dec 31 2018
Time : 17:56:05
Host : db8afc29162f
PID : 407
I/O : uncollated
Case : /home/ofuser/workingDir/OpenFOAM/Waverider
nProcs : 1
trapFpe: Floating point exception trapping enabled (FOAM_SIGFPE).
fileModificationChecking : Monitoring run-time modified files using timeStampMaster (fileModificationSkew 10)
allowSystemOperations : Allowing user-supplied system call operations

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

Starting to read points at line 2
Vertices to be read:55547
Vertices read:55547

Starting to read cells at line 55552
Cells to be read:283348

Mapping region 1 to Foam patch 0
Mapping region 4 to Foam patch 1
Mapping region 3 to Foam patch 2
Mapping region 5 to Foam patch 3
Mapping region 2 to Foam patch 4
Mapping region 6 to Foam cellZone 0
Cells:
total:270902
hex :0
prism:0
pyr :19674
tet :251228

CellZones:
Zone Size
0 270902



--> FOAM FATAL IO ERROR:
Bad token - could not get word

file: input at line 0.

From function Foam::Istream& Foam::operator>>(Foam::Istream&, Foam::word&)
in file primitives/strings/word/wordIO.C at line 45.

FOAM exiting

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I am trying to understand how to fix this issue so any suggestions would be appreciated. I am on Mac if that helps.

Either a bug, or bad input - would need to have the file (or something similar) to figure out what is going wrong.
Consider tracking it as a gitlab issue (you can add files there too).
/mark

Could I send you the geo and mesh file? There may be some errors actually in the geo file mainly with respect to the mesh generation. If you can give me some feedback on it that would be great. Anywhere I can send it to?

https://develop.openfoam.com/Development/OpenFOAM-plus

and open an issue

I do not know where to open a new issue. Please find the snippet here:

https://develop.openfoam.com/snippets/18

Your snippet seems to have been lost, or wasn't saved.
Opened an issue for you:

https://develop.openfoam.com/Develop...us/issues/1155

Problem solved?
I got into trouble with the same error message:


working with OF5 ob Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
Thanks for any help.