question about userguied's example

sinatahmooresi · November 28, 2015, 03:12

hi ! I just wanted to run "Breaking of Dam" in tutorials of openfoam's userguied . but when I executed "blockMesh" , I saw this message :

failed writing polymesh
from function blockmesh
in file genblockmesh.C at line 428
FOAM exiting

wouter · November 28, 2015, 03:56

Hello Sinatahmooresi,
Did you copy your case to a folder where you have write access?
With this little information it is hard to figure out what could be the problem, please read:
http://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/ope...-get-help.html

Hope this helps,
Wouter

wyldckat · November 28, 2015, 09:20

Quick note: FAQ "How to run the tutorials in OpenFOAM?": http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/FA...in_OpenFOAM.3F

November 28, 2015, 03:12	question about userguied's example	#1
sinatahmooresi Senior Member CFD_Lovers Join Date: Mar 2015 Posts: 168 Rep Power: 12	hi ! I just wanted to run "Breaking of Dam" in tutorials of openfoam's userguied . but when I executed "blockMesh" , I saw this message : failed writing polymesh from function blockmesh in file genblockmesh.C at line 428 FOAM exiting

November 28, 2015, 03:56		#2
wouter Senior Member Wouter van der Meer Join Date: May 2009 Location: Elahuizen, Netherlands Posts: 203 Rep Power: 18	Hello Sinatahmooresi, Did you copy your case to a folder where you have write access? With this little information it is hard to figure out what could be the problem, please read: http://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/ope...-get-help.html Hope this helps, Wouter wyldckat likes this.

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wyldckat Retired Super Moderator Bruno Santos Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Lisbon, Portugal Posts: 10,981 Blog Entries: 45 Rep Power: 129	Quick note: FAQ "How to run the tutorials in OpenFOAM?": http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/FA...in_OpenFOAM.3F