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Old   January 12, 2021, 09:27
Default snappyHexMesh using foam-extend. Tag in boundary file (related with solids4foam)
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Hello. I attach my code. I'm using foam-extend 4.1. My goal is to use solids4foam, but this question is related with the mesh generator using snappyHexMesh. The domain is the same than the solids4foam example oscillatingElasticBeam (I think this is not relevant), but I'm trying to use snappyHexMesh to understand how to use it for my actual problem.



First I run blockMesh without problems. But when I run snappyHexMesh I have two problems:


1. The tag boundary of my domain are: "inlet", "outlet", "walls" and "interface".



I use the tag "all" in blockMeshDict", but I do not want to have that tag in the file constant/polyMesh/boundary


Code:
boundary
(
    all
    {
        type patch;
        faces
        (
     (0 1 2 3) // bottom
     (4 5 6 7) // top
     (0 1 5 4)
     (1 2 6 5)
     (3 7 6 2)
     (0 3 7 4)
        );
    }
);
The problem is that in constant/polyMesh/boundary appears


Code:

5
(
    all
    {
        type            patch;
        nFaces          5785;
        startFace       235302;
    }
    inlet_solid
    {
        type            wall;
        nFaces          2048;
        startFace       241087;
    }
    outlet_solid
    {
        type            wall;
        nFaces          1398;
        startFace       243135;
    }
    walls_solid
    {
        type            wall;
        nFaces          7377;
        startFace       244533;
    }
    interface_solid
    {
        type            wall;
        nFaces          6144;
        startFace       251910;
    }
)


// ************************************************************************* //
2. The other problem is that appears the tags "inlet_solid", "outlet_solid", "walls_solid" and "interface_solid". That "solid" comming for the name inside of the constant/triSurface/*.stl files. I can delete this names without problems, because I do not need to use solids4foam, but there are some automatic way to do this?




3. The last problem is that surfaceFeatureExtract (after blockMesh and snappyHexMesh) not works and I do not why.




Thanks in advance.
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Old   October 8, 2021, 01:30
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The surfaceFeatureExtract of snappyHexMesh in foam extend version seems to not work. to get the eMesh we can simply type surfaceFeatureExtract -includedAngle 150 constant/polyMesh/your_file.stl constant/polyMesh/user_defined_name.eMesh

But the problem is when we use the eMesh generated in foam extend, it cannot read the file. I also do the meshing in openFOAM 9 and import it to foam extend. I hope this will help.
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Old   December 28, 2021, 12:49
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Hi,


May I ask you how you import a of9 mesh to foam extend?


I am having problems with this, as I am not able to mesh in parallel using foam extend. Now I have foam mesh created with of9 but I need to convert it to foam extend 4.1 format.


Do you know how to do that?


Many thanks in advance
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I couldn't accomplish it in foam extend 4.0 but you can use foam extend 3.2 or maybe earlier version as the surfaceFeatures can be extracted using surfaceFeaturesDict. The format seems to match for both the versions but for 4.0 or newer it seems the format is different. Is it necessary that you use the fe4.0 version?

Hope this helps
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Old   December 29, 2021, 11:20
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Thanks for your answer.


So...you mean of9 mesh created with snappy works (without conversion) using foam extend 3?


You mentioned that "I also do the meshing in openFOAM 9 and import it to foam extend", so you managed to do it without a conversion? And if not...how did you carry out the conversion?


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Well I used BlueCore CFD which comes with preloaded OF8. (Sorry I just checked. Its OF 8 in blueCoreCFD 2020 not OF9. My bad). No need to change anything. Just copy the constant folder onto the case folder and replace it in your foam extend. It works fine for me. Anyone can confirm it? You can give it a try.
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