[toboto]

Dear All,

I've just started my journey with OpenFOAM 3 months ago. I've used the standard solvers to run some cases with some success. Now I am trying to learn how to develop new solvers or modify old ones. I've background about C++ but I think it isn't enough to proceed with OF development. So, I decided to follow an OpenFoam development dedicated course. I found course by Chalmers "OpenSource CFD for industry – high-level development" is a good start (with other courses available online).

My problem now is that while learning I need to apply the small examples given in the course. e.g: info << T.xy() << endl;

For general C++ I was using any compile or IDE to do that but obviously this will not work because "info" isn't a standard C++ object.

I tried to include the corresponding .h files and include foam namespace in my code but this lead me to errors asking for another .h files.

Is there any way to overcome this problem?

Best regards.

[marupio]

I think it would be best if you work within a working OpenFOAM environment. You can create your own folder outside of the OpenFOAM source code... but the Make/files and Make/options needs to reference OpenFOAM-related stuff. You might create your own lib and bin output folders (i.e. where you tell it to put the compiled output at the bottom of Make/files).

I personally just use a text editor, and then OpenFOAM's built-in wmake for compiling.

I've heard some people have success using Eclipse for development.