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Old   October 1, 2017, 07:15
Unhappy Problem with blockMesh
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Hi guys
I have written a blockMesh file and the error continuously comes out:

Code:
--> FOAM FATAL IO ERROR: 
"ill defined primitiveEntry starting at keyword 'boundary' on line 55 and ending at line 125"

file: /home/francisco/Escritorio/horno/constant/polyMesh/blockMeshDict at line 125.

From function primitiveEntry::readEntry(const dictionary&, Istream&)
in file lnInclude/IOerror.C at line 132.

FOAM exiting
I clearly know that it can be something like a Compilation error happening here. However, I have compared my code with the "standard" codes, only to find nothing wrong here.
Can anyone help to have a look at the error here? Thanks a lot!

Code:
/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
| =========                 |                                                 |
| \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox           |
|  \\    /   O peration     | Version:  2.4.0                                 |
|   \\  /    A nd           | Web:      www.OpenFOAM.org                      |
|    \\/     M anipulation  |                                                 |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
FoamFile
{
    version     2.0;
    format      ascii;
    class       dictionary;
    object      blockMeshDict;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

convertToMeters 0.001;

vertices
(
    (149.857 -6.543 0)
    (149.857 -6.543 450)
    (74.929 -3.271 450)
    (74.929 -3.271 0)
    (149.857 6.543 0)
    (149.857 6.543 450)
    (74.929 3.271 450)
    (74.929 3.271 0)
    (9.990 -0.436 0)
    (9.990 -0.436 450)
    (0 0 450)
    (0 0 0)
    (9.990 0.436 0)
    (9.990 0.436 450)
);

blocks
(
    hex (0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7) (12 1 35) simpleGrading (1 1 1)
    hex (3 2 9 8 7 6 13 12) (18 1 70) simpleGrading (1 1 1)
    hex (8 9 10 11 12 13 10 11) (23 1 1000) simpleGrading (1 1 1)
);

edges
(
    arc 3 7  (75 0 0)
    arc 2 6  (75 0 450)
    arc 8 12 (10 0 0)
    arc 9 13 (10 0 450)
    arc 0 4  (150 0 0)
    arc 1 5  (150 0 450)
);

boundary
(
    inletAnnular
    {
        type patch;
        faces
        (
            (7 4 0 3)
        );
    }

    inletCentral
    {
        type patch;
        faces
        (
            (8 11 11 12)
        );
    }

    outlet
    {
        type patch;
        faces
        (
            (1 5 6 2)
            (2 6 13 9)
            (9 13 10 10)
        );
    }

    bottom
    {
        type symmetryPlane;
        faces
        (
            (0 1 2 3)
            (3 2 9 8)
            (8 9 10 11)
        );
    }

    top
    {
        type symmetryPlane;
        faces
        (
            (4 5 6 7)
            (7 6 13 12)
            (12 13 10 11)
        );
    }

    bluffBody
    {
        type wall;
        faces
        (
            (2 6 13 9)
            (7 3 8 12)
        );
    }

    centerLine
    {
        type empty;
	faces
	(
	    (10 11 11 10)
	);
    }
);

mergePatchPairs
(
);

// ************************************************************************* //
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Old   October 2, 2017, 06:41
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Hi,

You probably had a stray invisible character somewhere in the text file. Delete blockMeshDict, make a new one and do a copy-paste from the above.

blockMesh runs for me, but you still have problems with the mesh (not surprising):
Code:
temple*9-> blockMesh 
/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\
| =========                 |                                                 |
| \\      /  F ield         | foam-extend: Open Source CFD                    |
|  \\    /   O peration     | Version:     4.0                                |
|   \\  /    A nd           | Web:         http://www.foam-extend.org         |
|    \\/     M anipulation  | For copyright notice see file Copyright         |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
Build    : 4.0-f0c05c478cb3
Exec     : blockMesh
Date     : Oct 02 2017
Time     : 10:39:11
Host     : temple
PID      : 14516
CtrlDict : "/home/hjasak/foam/hjasak-4.0/run/support/test/system/controlDict"
Case     : /home/hjasak/foam/hjasak-4.0/run/support/test
nProcs   : 1
SigFpe   : Enabling floating point exception trapping (FOAM_SIGFPE).
SetNaN   : Initialising allocated memory to NaN (FOAM_SETNAN).

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


Creating block mesh from
    "/home/hjasak/foam/hjasak-4.0/run/support/test/constant/polyMesh/blockMeshDict"

Creating curved edges
Creating topology blocks
Creating topology patches

Creating block mesh topology
--> FOAM Warning : 
    From function cellModel::mag(const labelList&, const pointField&)
    in file meshes/meshShapes/cellModel/cellModel.C at line 128
    zero or negative pyramid volume: -55150.8 for face 0
--> FOAM Warning : 
    From function cellModel::mag(const labelList&, const pointField&)
    in file meshes/meshShapes/cellModel/cellModel.C at line 128
    zero or negative pyramid volume: -55150.8 for face 1
--> FOAM Warning : 
    From function cellModel::mag(const labelList&, const pointField&)
    in file meshes/meshShapes/cellModel/cellModel.C at line 128
    zero or negative pyramid volume: -73538.1 for face 2
--> FOAM Warning : 
    From function cellModel::mag(const labelList&, const pointField&)
    in file meshes/meshShapes/cellModel/cellModel.C at line 128
    zero or negative pyramid volume: -36763.4 for face 3
--> FOAM Warning : 
    From function cellModel::mag(const labelList&, const pointField&)
    in file meshes/meshShapes/cellModel/cellModel.C at line 128
    zero or negative pyramid volume: -55150.8 for face 4
--> FOAM Warning : 
    From function cellModel::mag(const labelList&, const pointField&)
    in file meshes/meshShapes/cellModel/cellModel.C at line 128
    zero or negative pyramid volume: -55150.8 for face 5
--> FOAM Warning : 
    From function blockMesh::createTopology(IOdictionary&)
    in file blockMesh/blockMeshTopology.C at line 202
    negative volume block : 0, probably defined inside-out
--> FOAM Warning : 
    From function cellModel::mag(const labelList&, const pointField&)
    in file meshes/meshShapes/cellModel/cellModel.C at line 128
    zero or negative pyramid volume: -18054.7 for face 0
--> FOAM Warning : 
    From function cellModel::mag(const labelList&, const pointField&)
    in file meshes/meshShapes/cellModel/cellModel.C at line 128
    zero or negative pyramid volume: -18054.7 for face 1
--> FOAM Warning : 
    From function cellModel::mag(const labelList&, const pointField&)
    in file meshes/meshShapes/cellModel/cellModel.C at line 128
    zero or negative pyramid volume: -31862.3 for face 2
--> FOAM Warning : 
    From function cellModel::mag(const labelList&, const pointField&)
    in file meshes/meshShapes/cellModel/cellModel.C at line 128
    zero or negative pyramid volume: -4247.01 for face 3
--> FOAM Warning : 
    From function cellModel::mag(const labelList&, const pointField&)
    in file meshes/meshShapes/cellModel/cellModel.C at line 128
    zero or negative pyramid volume: -18054.7 for face 4
--> FOAM Warning : 
    From function cellModel::mag(const labelList&, const pointField&)
    in file meshes/meshShapes/cellModel/cellModel.C at line 128
    zero or negative pyramid volume: -18054.7 for face 5
--> FOAM Warning : 
    From function blockMesh::createTopology(IOdictionary&)
    in file blockMesh/blockMeshTopology.C at line 202
    negative volume block : 1, probably defined inside-out
--> FOAM Warning : 
    From function cellModel::mag(const labelList&, const pointField&)
    in file meshes/meshShapes/cellModel/cellModel.C at line 128
    zero or negative pyramid volume: -326.673 for face 0
--> FOAM Warning : 
    From function cellModel::mag(const labelList&, const pointField&)
    in file meshes/meshShapes/cellModel/cellModel.C at line 128
    zero or negative pyramid volume: -326.673 for face 1
--> FOAM Warning : 
    From function cellModel::mag(const labelList&, const pointField&)
    in file meshes/meshShapes/cellModel/cellModel.C at line 128
    zero or negative pyramid volume: -653.346 for face 2
--> FOAM Warning : 
    From function cellModel::mag(const labelList&, const pointField&)
    in file meshes/meshShapes/cellModel/cellModel.C at line 128
    zero or negative pyramid volume: -326.673 for face 4
--> FOAM Warning : 
    From function cellModel::mag(const labelList&, const pointField&)
    in file meshes/meshShapes/cellModel/cellModel.C at line 128
    zero or negative pyramid volume: -326.673 for face 5
--> FOAM Warning : 
    From function blockMesh::createTopology(IOdictionary&)
    in file blockMesh/blockMeshTopology.C at line 202
    negative volume block : 2, probably defined inside-out


--> FOAM FATAL ERROR: 
Trying to specify a boundary face 4(2 6 13 9) on the face on cell 1 which is either an internal face or already belongs to some other patch.  This is face 0 of patch 5 named bluffBody.

    From function polyMesh::setTopology
(
    const cellShapeList& cellsAsShapes,
    const faceListList& boundaryFaces,
    const wordList& boundaryPatchNames,
    labelList& patchSizes,
    labelList& patchStarts,
    label& defaultPatchStart,
    label& nFaces,
    cellList& cells
)
    in file meshes/polyMesh/polyMeshFromShapeMesh.C at line 357.

FOAM aborting (FOAM_ABORT set)


#0  Foam::error::printStack(Foam::Ostream&) at ~/foam/foam-extend-4.0/src/OSspecific/POSIX/printStack.C:238
#1  Foam::error::abort() at ~/foam/foam-extend-4.0/src/foam/lnInclude/error.C:225
#2  Foam::Ostream& Foam::operator<< <Foam::error>(Foam::Ostream&, Foam::errorManip<Foam::error>) at ~/foam/foam-extend-4.0/src/foam/lnInclude/errorManip.H:86 (discriminator 4)
#3  Foam::polyMesh::setTopology(Foam::List<Foam::cellShape> const&, Foam::List<Foam::List<Foam::face> > const&, Foam::List<Foam::word> const&, Foam::List<int>&, Foam::List<int>&, int&, int&, Foam::List<Foam::cell>&) at ~/foam/foam-extend-4.0/src/foam/meshes/polyMesh/polyMeshFromShapeMesh.C:364 (discriminator 3)
#4  Foam::polyMesh::polyMesh(Foam::IOobject const&, Foam::Xfer<Foam::Field<Foam::Vector<double> > > const&, Foam::List<Foam::cellShape> const&, Foam::List<Foam::List<Foam::face> > const&, Foam::List<Foam::word> const&, Foam::PtrList<Foam::dictionary> const&, Foam::word const&, Foam::word const&, bool) at ~/foam/foam-extend-4.0/src/foam/meshes/polyMesh/polyMeshFromShapeMesh.C:868
#5  Foam::blockMesh::createTopology(Foam::IOdictionary const&, Foam::word const&) at ~/foam/foam-extend-4.0/src/mesh/blockMesh/blockMesh/blockMeshTopology.C:546 (discriminator 4)
#6  Foam::blockMesh::blockMesh(Foam::IOdictionary const&, Foam::word const&) at ~/foam/foam-extend-4.0/src/mesh/blockMesh/blockMesh/blockMesh.C:39 (discriminator 2)
#7  
 at ~/foam/foam-extend-4.0/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/blockMesh/blockMeshApp.C:159
#8  __libc_start_main in "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6"
#9  
 at ??:?
Abort
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Old   October 2, 2017, 12:46
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hjasak View Post
Hi,

You probably had a stray invisible character somewhere in the text file. Delete blockMeshDict, make a new one and do a copy-paste from the above.

blockMesh runs for me, but you still have problems with the mesh (not surprising):
Code:
temple*9-> blockMesh 
/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\
| =========                 |                                                 |
| \\      /  F ield         | foam-extend: Open Source CFD                    |
|  \\    /   O peration     | Version:     4.0                                |
|   \\  /    A nd           | Web:         http://www.foam-extend.org         |
|    \\/     M anipulation  | For copyright notice see file Copyright         |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
Build    : 4.0-f0c05c478cb3
Exec     : blockMesh
Date     : Oct 02 2017
Time     : 10:39:11
Host     : temple
PID      : 14516
CtrlDict : "/home/hjasak/foam/hjasak-4.0/run/support/test/system/controlDict"
Case     : /home/hjasak/foam/hjasak-4.0/run/support/test
nProcs   : 1
SigFpe   : Enabling floating point exception trapping (FOAM_SIGFPE).
SetNaN   : Initialising allocated memory to NaN (FOAM_SETNAN).

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


Creating block mesh from
    "/home/hjasak/foam/hjasak-4.0/run/support/test/constant/polyMesh/blockMeshDict"

Creating curved edges
Creating topology blocks
Creating topology patches

Creating block mesh topology
--> FOAM Warning : 
    From function cellModel::mag(const labelList&, const pointField&)
    in file meshes/meshShapes/cellModel/cellModel.C at line 128
    zero or negative pyramid volume: -55150.8 for face 0
--> FOAM Warning : 
    From function cellModel::mag(const labelList&, const pointField&)
    in file meshes/meshShapes/cellModel/cellModel.C at line 128
    zero or negative pyramid volume: -55150.8 for face 1
--> FOAM Warning : 
    From function cellModel::mag(const labelList&, const pointField&)
    in file meshes/meshShapes/cellModel/cellModel.C at line 128
    zero or negative pyramid volume: -73538.1 for face 2
--> FOAM Warning : 
    From function cellModel::mag(const labelList&, const pointField&)
    in file meshes/meshShapes/cellModel/cellModel.C at line 128
    zero or negative pyramid volume: -36763.4 for face 3
--> FOAM Warning : 
    From function cellModel::mag(const labelList&, const pointField&)
    in file meshes/meshShapes/cellModel/cellModel.C at line 128
    zero or negative pyramid volume: -55150.8 for face 4
--> FOAM Warning : 
    From function cellModel::mag(const labelList&, const pointField&)
    in file meshes/meshShapes/cellModel/cellModel.C at line 128
    zero or negative pyramid volume: -55150.8 for face 5
--> FOAM Warning : 
    From function blockMesh::createTopology(IOdictionary&)
    in file blockMesh/blockMeshTopology.C at line 202
    negative volume block : 0, probably defined inside-out
--> FOAM Warning : 
    From function cellModel::mag(const labelList&, const pointField&)
    in file meshes/meshShapes/cellModel/cellModel.C at line 128
    zero or negative pyramid volume: -18054.7 for face 0
--> FOAM Warning : 
    From function cellModel::mag(const labelList&, const pointField&)
    in file meshes/meshShapes/cellModel/cellModel.C at line 128
    zero or negative pyramid volume: -18054.7 for face 1
--> FOAM Warning : 
    From function cellModel::mag(const labelList&, const pointField&)
    in file meshes/meshShapes/cellModel/cellModel.C at line 128
    zero or negative pyramid volume: -31862.3 for face 2
--> FOAM Warning : 
    From function cellModel::mag(const labelList&, const pointField&)
    in file meshes/meshShapes/cellModel/cellModel.C at line 128
    zero or negative pyramid volume: -4247.01 for face 3
--> FOAM Warning : 
    From function cellModel::mag(const labelList&, const pointField&)
    in file meshes/meshShapes/cellModel/cellModel.C at line 128
    zero or negative pyramid volume: -18054.7 for face 4
--> FOAM Warning : 
    From function cellModel::mag(const labelList&, const pointField&)
    in file meshes/meshShapes/cellModel/cellModel.C at line 128
    zero or negative pyramid volume: -18054.7 for face 5
--> FOAM Warning : 
    From function blockMesh::createTopology(IOdictionary&)
    in file blockMesh/blockMeshTopology.C at line 202
    negative volume block : 1, probably defined inside-out
--> FOAM Warning : 
    From function cellModel::mag(const labelList&, const pointField&)
    in file meshes/meshShapes/cellModel/cellModel.C at line 128
    zero or negative pyramid volume: -326.673 for face 0
--> FOAM Warning : 
    From function cellModel::mag(const labelList&, const pointField&)
    in file meshes/meshShapes/cellModel/cellModel.C at line 128
    zero or negative pyramid volume: -326.673 for face 1
--> FOAM Warning : 
    From function cellModel::mag(const labelList&, const pointField&)
    in file meshes/meshShapes/cellModel/cellModel.C at line 128
    zero or negative pyramid volume: -653.346 for face 2
--> FOAM Warning : 
    From function cellModel::mag(const labelList&, const pointField&)
    in file meshes/meshShapes/cellModel/cellModel.C at line 128
    zero or negative pyramid volume: -326.673 for face 4
--> FOAM Warning : 
    From function cellModel::mag(const labelList&, const pointField&)
    in file meshes/meshShapes/cellModel/cellModel.C at line 128
    zero or negative pyramid volume: -326.673 for face 5
--> FOAM Warning : 
    From function blockMesh::createTopology(IOdictionary&)
    in file blockMesh/blockMeshTopology.C at line 202
    negative volume block : 2, probably defined inside-out


--> FOAM FATAL ERROR: 
Trying to specify a boundary face 4(2 6 13 9) on the face on cell 1 which is either an internal face or already belongs to some other patch.  This is face 0 of patch 5 named bluffBody.

    From function polyMesh::setTopology
(
    const cellShapeList& cellsAsShapes,
    const faceListList& boundaryFaces,
    const wordList& boundaryPatchNames,
    labelList& patchSizes,
    labelList& patchStarts,
    label& defaultPatchStart,
    label& nFaces,
    cellList& cells
)
    in file meshes/polyMesh/polyMeshFromShapeMesh.C at line 357.

FOAM aborting (FOAM_ABORT set)


#0  Foam::error::printStack(Foam::Ostream&) at ~/foam/foam-extend-4.0/src/OSspecific/POSIX/printStack.C:238
#1  Foam::error::abort() at ~/foam/foam-extend-4.0/src/foam/lnInclude/error.C:225
#2  Foam::Ostream& Foam::operator<< <Foam::error>(Foam::Ostream&, Foam::errorManip<Foam::error>) at ~/foam/foam-extend-4.0/src/foam/lnInclude/errorManip.H:86 (discriminator 4)
#3  Foam::polyMesh::setTopology(Foam::List<Foam::cellShape> const&, Foam::List<Foam::List<Foam::face> > const&, Foam::List<Foam::word> const&, Foam::List<int>&, Foam::List<int>&, int&, int&, Foam::List<Foam::cell>&) at ~/foam/foam-extend-4.0/src/foam/meshes/polyMesh/polyMeshFromShapeMesh.C:364 (discriminator 3)
#4  Foam::polyMesh::polyMesh(Foam::IOobject const&, Foam::Xfer<Foam::Field<Foam::Vector<double> > > const&, Foam::List<Foam::cellShape> const&, Foam::List<Foam::List<Foam::face> > const&, Foam::List<Foam::word> const&, Foam::PtrList<Foam::dictionary> const&, Foam::word const&, Foam::word const&, bool) at ~/foam/foam-extend-4.0/src/foam/meshes/polyMesh/polyMeshFromShapeMesh.C:868
#5  Foam::blockMesh::createTopology(Foam::IOdictionary const&, Foam::word const&) at ~/foam/foam-extend-4.0/src/mesh/blockMesh/blockMesh/blockMeshTopology.C:546 (discriminator 4)
#6  Foam::blockMesh::blockMesh(Foam::IOdictionary const&, Foam::word const&) at ~/foam/foam-extend-4.0/src/mesh/blockMesh/blockMesh/blockMesh.C:39 (discriminator 2)
#7  
 at ~/foam/foam-extend-4.0/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/blockMesh/blockMeshApp.C:159
#8  __libc_start_main in "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6"
#9  
 at ??:?
Abort
Sure, thank you hjasak. I will try it out then and see.

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