[reverseila]

Hello Foamers

The code is available on github.

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This utility allows you to change the type of patches from the comfort of command-line not needing to edit the `constant/polyMesh/boundary` file.
This is particularly useful for those who use Gmsh as they have to manually edit the boundary file.
Wit this utility, one can write a shell script that converts their mesh with `gmshToFoam` and then modifies the patch
types to the correct ones.

It was originally written by Hisham El Safti back in 2013, and it seems it hasn't been updated since then (BTW, I don't know if OpenFOAM has introduced any utility that does the similar job.).

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The primary change, in order to compile the code successfully, was the arguments passed to
constructors of various polyPatch types (for example: wallPolyPatch, processorPolyPatch,...).
I had to add the `patchType` to the end of constructor calls. I just add the `typeName`.
For example for `wallPolyPatch` constructor I add `word("wall")` as the last arg to the constructor.

The code seems to work fine as I test it with `-empty` and `-wall` options.

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The code can get better in terms of coding style and maybe pattern. Further, some repeating codes can to be encapsulated into functions.

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Links:

• https://github.com/Elsafti
• https://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/C..._modifyPatches
• https://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/2...ial_using_GMSH