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Old   September 20, 2011, 11:16
Default sampleDict - Problems with distanceSurface
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Hi,

I try to sample my velocity data with distanceSurface (using OF 201) and getting this error:

Code:
/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\
| =========                 |                                                 |
| \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox           |
|  \\    /   O peration     | Version:  2.0.1                                 |
|   \\  /    A nd           | Web:      www.OpenFOAM.com                      |
|    \\/     M anipulation  |                                                 |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
Build  : 2.0.1-51f1de99a4bc
Exec   : sample -latestTime
Date   : Sep 20 2011
Time   : 16:41:39
Host   : ThinkPad-X40
PID    : 3895
Case   : /home/kiro/OpenFOAM/kiro-2.0.1/run/askervein_hill/ask_mesh1_2sphere_SST
nProcs : 1
sigFpe : Enabling floating point exception trapping (FOAM_SIGFPE).
fileModificationChecking : Monitoring run-time modified files using timeStampMaster
allowSystemOperations : Disallowing user-supplied system call operations

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

Create mesh for time = 10203

Reading surface description:
    topology_askervein.stl

Time = 10203


--> FOAM FATAL ERROR: 
getVolumeType failure, neither INSIDE or OUTSIDE

    From function void Foam::distanceSurface::createGeometry()
    in file sampledSurface/distanceSurface/distanceSurface.C at line 168.

FOAM exiting
Have anyone an idea what's wrong?

Because when I try to sample the same case with OF17 it runs fine (without any errors), but the results are verry weird!

Here are my sampleDict:

Code:
/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
| =========                 |                                                 |
| \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox           |
|  \\    /   O peration     | Version:  1.6                                   |
|   \\  /    A nd           | Web:      www.OpenFOAM.org                      |
|    \\/     M anipulation  |                                                 |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/                              
FoamFile
{
    version     2.0;
    format      ascii;
    class       dictionary;
    location    "system";
    object      sampleDict;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

setFormat raw;
surfaceFormat   raw;

interpolationScheme cellPointFace;

fields
(
    U
);

sets
(
);

surfaces
(
    topology_askervein.stl
    {
        type              distanceSurface;
        surfaceType    triSurfaceMesh;
        distance        10;
        signed           true;
    }
); 


// ************************************************************************* //
Thanks in advance,
Kris
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