[saadouda]

salut
i'm a user of OpenFOAM-2.4.0. i want to create a cylinder in a parallelepiped. and i want to use boundary condition, to represent a section of all the geometry, but i have problem;
cyclic cyclicRightAndLeft
(
(0 3 4 1)
(1 4 5 2)
(3 6 7 4)
(4 7 8 5)
(9 10 13 12)
(10 11 14 13)
(12 13 16 15)
(13 14 17 16)

there is no problem in paraFoam -block. but when i run paraFoam it give me:
Reading patches section
--> FOAM Warning :
From function blockMesh::createTopology(IOdictionary&)
in file blockMesh/blockMeshTopology.C at line 129
Old-style cyclic definition. Splitting patch cyclicRightAndLeft into two halves cyclicRightAndLeft_half0 and cyclicRightAndLeft_half1
Alternatively use new 'boundary' dictionary syntax.

in case of:
cyclic cyclicRightAndLeft-half0
{
type cyclic;
neighbourPatch cyclicRightAndLeft-half1;
faces
(
(0 3 4 1)
(1 4 5 2)
(3 6 7 4)
(4 7 8 5)
)
}

cyclic cyclicRightAndLeft-half1
{
type cyclic;
neighbourPatch cyclicRightAndLeft-half0;
faces
(
(9 10 13 12)
(10 11 14 13)
(12 13 16 15)
(13 14 17 16)
)
}

i got

Reading patches section


--> FOAM FATAL IO ERROR:
incorrect first token, expected '(', found on line 68 the punctuation token '{'

file: /home/pc/OpenFOAM/pc-2.4.0/run/tutorials/heatTransfer/buoyantSimpleFoam/cylindre/constant/polyMesh/blockMeshDict.patches at line 68.

From function operator>>(Istream&, List<T>&)
in file /home/openfoam/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.4.0/src/OpenFOAM/lnInclude/ListIO.C at line 132.

i replace '(', by '{': i got

Reading patches section


--> FOAM FATAL IO ERROR:
incorrect first token, expected <int> or '(', found on line 69 the word 'type'

file: /home/pc/OpenFOAM/pc-2.4.0/run/tutorials/heatTransfer/buoyantSimpleFoam/cylindre/constant/polyMesh/blockMeshDict.patches at line 69.

From function operator>>(Istream&, List<T>&)
in file /home/openfoam/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-2.4.0/src/OpenFOAM/lnInclude/ListIO.C at line 149.

so someone can help me. I will be very grateful