[wyldckat]

Greetings to all!

I'm kicking off this page already in sticky mode, to give this a rolling start.

This thread is aimed at two major topics:

1. Keeping a list of wiki pages that can help people get started with OpenFOAM as fast and best as possible.
2. To help organize topics related to newbie questions.

Which means that this very first post will mutate over time, depending on the needs proposed in the following posts. In addition, the following list can be reduced as people - that means you, who is reading this right now - help with transferring more and more information to the unofficial wiki for OpenFOAM technology, so that this kind of information can become more and more consolidated: http://openfoamwiki.net

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Here is a short list of links on where you can find more information:

1. Tutorial on "Before you Get Started with OpenFOAM": http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/Tu...etting_Started
2. Official documentation page for OpenFOAM: http://www.openfoam.org/docs/
3. Unofficial wiki for OpenFOAM technology: http://openfoamwiki.net
4. Frequently Asked Questions about Installing OpenFOAM
5. Tutorials provided by the community and managed by OpenFOAM.com: https://wiki.openfoam.com
6. Tutorials provided by the community are also now available at the Community Contributions sub-forum with the prefix [Tutorials], click here to list them.
7. Courses that teach how to use OpenFOAM technology: http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/Main_Courses

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Here is a list of threads where newcomers have asked about how to get started with OpenFOAM:

1. A very good compilation on how to get started with OpenFOAM: help needed with simulation of turbulent flow around an obstacle with openfoam post #3 - also referred in that post:
   • How to learn OpenFoam for a new user
   • open foam beginner pls.. help me
   • How hard is it to learn openFOAM? post #3
   • Learning OpenFOAM-new user
2. Tutorial of how to plot residuals !
3. OpenFoam programming
4. CFDToy's blog: CFD Discussions / Threads / Useful Links
5. manual/documentation/guide/tutorial/andanythingelse
6. Advanced tips for working with the OpenFOAM shell environment
7. how to visually debug the mesh in Paraview, because cutting the mesh will triangulate the mesh where it is cut:optimize snapping post #24
8. Using snappyHexMesh: Snappyhexmesh- pont inside mesh post #2
9. chtMultiRegion mesh generation: Background Mesh in snappy with multi domain (CHT)
10. Fluent mesh to OpenFOAM with AMI: OpenFoam 2.1.0/x: creation of sets and cellZones. post #20
11. "Oh my, oh my, the solver crashed, what am I going to do?"
    1. Don't panic.
    2. Start reading here: Foam::error::PrintStack - post #2
    3. Still can't figure out the problem, then read here: Parallel running of 3D multiphase turbulence model (unknown problem!!) post#3
    4. Perhaps wrong dimensions? porousSimpleFoam - crash post #2
    5. Wondering what it all means? Here's an explanation of one example: Unstabil Simulation with chtMultiRegionFoam post #11
12. One seriously awesome post explaining how to ascertain if your simulation has converged: Convergence

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A few more from my blog:

• Useful links for building and using OpenFOAM
• Notes about running OpenFOAM in parallel

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Please post more suggestions to add to this post, as well as contributing to the wiki!


Best regards,
Bruno