[fabmarmar]

Hello everybody,

I am trying to sample the velocity field in a z normal plane with the following functions entry in the controlDict file:

velocity_plane {

type surfaces;
functionObjectLibs ( "libsampling.so" );
outputControlMode timeStep;
outputInterval 1;
writeStartTime 0;


surfaceFormat vtk;
interpolationScheme cellPoint;

fields ( U );

surfaces
(
tube1_outletplane
{
type plane;
basePoint (0.08 0 0);
normalVector (0 0 1);
}


}

Then I get the following error output:

--> FOAM FATAL IO ERROR:
keyword planeType is undefined in dictionary "/location/of/simulation/folder"

The same process is working in my code for line samples, but for 2D samples I am doing probably something wrong, what I could not fix yet.

If you know the source error, please let me know.

Thanks in advance and happy easter!

[fabmarmar]

I could fix it:

correction:
type cuttingPlane;
planeType pointAndNormal;
pointAndNormalDict
{
basePoint (0.053117 0.017259 -0.1993);
normalVector (0 0 1);
}

[mxa261]

Hi Fabian,

Thank you for your post. It really helped me.

Best,
Mehrshad