[mturcios777]

Hello everyone,

I am working on a new boundary condition based on timeVaryingMappedFixedValue in OF-10. When I implemented it in OF231 (I know, long time between updates), the structure of that BC has changed. In my case, I'm basically reading in and mapping a scalarField from previous results and then multiplying the value of the fields like this inside the updateCoeffs function timeVaryingMappedFixedValueFvPatchField.C (in 2.3.1):

const Field<Type>& patchVal = *this;
this->operator==(patchVal*mappedScalarField)

In OF 6 and above I believe, the mapping and evaluation functions were separated so there is a timeVaryingMappedFvPatchField and a timeVaryingMappedFixedValueFvPatchField. updateCoeffs is in the latter, but I want to know if its possible to access the field values in the former in OF10, ie for timeVaryingMappedFvPatchField::map

Field<Type> fld; //temporary field holder, excluding some of the creation issues

Field<Type> curVals; // <-- Current patch values;

fld = (mappedScalarField*curVals);

The map function returns a tmp<Field<Type>> that is used in updateCoeffs:

this->operator==(fieldMapper_.map()) //fieldMapper is the timeVaryingFvPatchField that is part of timeVaryingFixedValueFvPatchField

fixedValueFvPatchField<Type>::updateCoeffs();

I can make an access function where mappedScalarField can be accessed and I can do the calculations there, but it seems like a lot of work, especially if (in the real situation) I am mapping multiple fields and accessing other members.

Thanks for any input you can provide!