[eddykendo]

Dear. Foamers

I have found a useful one "foamNewFunctionObject" in v4.0 to build a new customized function object.
My question is, if I put the command in the terminal such as
foamNewFunctionObject energySpectrum

a new function object named energySpectrum will be automatically generated
in a user directory like home/OpenFOAM/user-4.0, not in a original directory of source codes installed??

It will be appreciate if you have experience like that and let me know it.

Thank you.

[massive_turbulence]

Originally Posted by eddykendo

Dear. Foamers

I have found a useful one "foamNewFunctionObject" in v4.0 to build a new customized function object.
My question is, if I put the command in the terminal such as
foamNewFunctionObject energySpectrum

a new function object named energySpectrum will be automatically generated
in a user directory like home/OpenFOAM/user-4.0, not in a original directory of source codes installed??

It will be appreciate if you have experience like that and let me know it.

Thank you.

The best thing I could fine How to implement a functionObject implementFunctionObject.pdf

via https://pingpong.chalmers.se/public/...tionObject.pdf

[raumpolizei]

Hey eddykendo,

Originally Posted by eddykendo

a new function object named energySpectrum will be automatically generated
in a user directory like home/OpenFOAM/user-4.0, not in a original directory of source codes installed??

Yes, this is desired/recommended in order to keep your own code segregated from the standard OpenFOAM version you are using. Any new utility, solver, library you are writing should be placed in your own user-OFversion folder. Personaly, I like to keep the same structure for my user directory as the standard folder. If you haven't created the folder yet, try something like this after sourcing your OF-version:

mkdir $WM_PROJECT_USER_DIR

If you program some new utilities, you can share them much more easily as all your modifications and improvements are included in a compact way in your own user directory.

Cheers
RP