Icem Mesh to Foam
 

Hi. I've been trying to successfully convert a mesh in icem to Foam. I converted the mesh to multiblock structured in icem, and then I set the solver as cfx4, and wrote the output file.

When I use the cfx4ToFoam mesh converter, I get the following output:

[actmodel@r4-bcc-a010590 ansystofoamtest]$ cfx4ToFoam cfx4.geo
/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\
| ========= | |
| \ / F ield | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox |
| \ / O peration | Version: 1.5 |
| \ / A nd | Web: http://www.OpenFOAM.org |
| \/ M anipulation | |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
Exec : cfx4ToFoam cfx4.geo
Date : Feb 05 2009
Time : 09:27:00
PID : 30318
Case : /mnt/hypatia/linux_home/rhel4_home/actmodel/OpenFOAM/junk-1.5/run/ansys tofoamtest
nProcs : 1

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

Reading blocks
Reading patch definitions
Reading block glueing information
Reading block points
block 0 is a right-handed block
block 1 is a right-handed block
block 2 is a right-handed block
block 3 is a right-handed block
block 4 is a right-handed block
block 5 is a right-handed block
block 6 is a right-handed block
block 7 is a right-handed block
block 8 is a right-handed block
block 9 is a right-handed block
block 10 is a right-handed block
block 11 is a right-handed block
block 12 is a right-handed block
block 13 is a right-handed block
block 14 is a right-handed block
block 15 is a right-handed block
block 16 is a right-handed block
block 17 is a right-handed block
block 18 is a right-handed block
block 19 is a right-handed block
block 20 is a right-handed block
block 21 is a right-handed block
block 22 is a right-handed block
block 23 is a right-handed block
block 24 is a right-handed block
block 25 is a right-handed block
block 26 is a right-handed block
block 27 is a right-handed block
block 28 is a right-handed block
block 29 is a right-handed block
block 30 is a right-handed block
block 31 is a right-handed block
block 32 is a right-handed block
block 33 is a right-handed block
block 34 is a right-handed block
block 35 is a right-handed block
block 36 is a right-handed block
block 37 is a right-handed block
block 38 is a right-handed block
block 39 is a right-handed block
block 40 is a right-handed block
block 41 is a right-handed block
block 42 is a right-handed block
block 43 is a right-handed block
block 44 is a right-handed block
block 45 is a right-handed block
block 46 is a right-handed block
block 47 is a right-handed block
block 48 is a right-handed block
block 49 is a right-handed block
block 50 is a right-handed block
block 51 is a right-handed block
block 52 is a right-handed block
block 53 is a right-handed block
block 54 is a right-handed block
block 55 is a right-handed block
block 56 is a right-handed block
block 57 is a right-handed block
block 58 is a right-handed block
block 59 is a right-handed block
block 60 is a right-handed block
block 61 is a right-handed block
block 62 is a right-handed block
block 63 is a right-handed block
block 64 is a right-handed block
block 65 is a right-handed block
block 66 is a right-handed block
block 67 is a right-handed block
block 68 is a right-handed block
block 69 is a right-handed block
block 70 is a right-handed block
block 71 is a right-handed block
block 72 is a right-handed block
block 73 is a right-handed block
block 74 is a right-handed block
block 75 is a right-handed block
block 76 is a right-handed block
block 77 is a right-handed block
block 78 is a right-handed block
block 79 is a right-handed block
block 80 is a right-handed block
block 81 is a right-handed block
block 82 is a right-handed block
Calculating block offsets
Assembling patches
Merging points ..
Creating points
Creating cells
Creating boundary patches

Default patch type set to wall
--> FOAM Warning :
From function polyMesh::polyMesh(... construct from shapes...)
in file meshes/polyMesh/polyMeshFromShapeMesh.C at line 576
Found 10720 undefined faces in mesh; adding to default patch.
Writing polyMesh
End


Can anyone explain the FOAM warning that I get at the end of the output? Thanks in advance for all the help!

John, well, I do not unders
 

John,

well, I do not understand either, but I can tell you that we used "fluent_V6" output in icem (from *.uns) and fluentMeshToFoam to import the mesh without any problem.

Daniel

Daniel, I'll give that a try.
 

Daniel,
I'll give that a try. Thanks.

John

Hey. When you do the mesh conv
 

Hey. When you do the mesh conversions, what are all the files you have to have setup in the 'system' folder?

Can we just modify the controlDict from any solver?

If this is available in the tutorials, I'm sorry for asking.

Hi,

i tried the same for a very simple problem.

I have a large box with a small cut-out at the top. This should simulate a jetfan in a large body.

When i convert the mesh (HEXA or Tetra) to Fluent_V6 (Windows) and convert it with fluentMeshtoFoam or fleunt3DMeshtoFoam it seem to be wrong. When i have a look at the mesh with paraFoam the geometrie is not converted correctly, the jetfan is not visible or just a face without volume. Does anybody has a guess?

Tanks to everybody for helping me