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March 1, 2015, 13:41 |
Map of the OpenFOAM Forum - Understanding where to post your questions!
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Bruno Santos
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This forum is dedicated to help people that use OpenFOAM technology to find information that may or may not yet be documented anywhere else, regarding OpenFOAM and related technologies.
If you're not yet familiar with how forums work in general and how to ask questions on the forums here at CFD-Online, then please read the following pages first: The following is the map of the existing (sub-)forums here on the forum for OpenFOAM related discussions, along with descriptions on the topics meant to be addressed on each (sub-)forum:
If you're still confused, then please post a question on this thread you're reading now, regarding where you should ask a specific type of question. Last edited by wyldckat; April 27, 2019 at 09:56. Reason: Revised text due to the restructring of the forum |
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September 9, 2015, 08:35 |
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Vineet Bhola
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Hi Bruno,
Thanks a lot for making these sub-topics. It looks much more organised and easier to find related posts. But I have a concern. Whenever I have to post a question, I follow this path from drop-down menu. Forums->Software User Forums->OPENFOAM->Meshing. Is it possible for you to add these subtopics in the path itself? Otherwise there would be a confusion as some people would still keep posting in the main Meshing folder and some in these new subfolders. Or atleast remove the option of New Thread in Meshing. Thanks Vineet |
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September 20, 2015, 07:14 |
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Hi Vineet,
Sorry for taking a while to get back to your request. I've talked with the forum administrators and the conclusion so far is to keep the menus the way they are right now, i.e. small and somewhat simple to navigate. Therefore, I need to ask you about what you saw when using the forum. Retracing your steps:
I ask this because I suspect that the problem is that it isn't clear enough what are the sub-forums and what is the main thread. Therefore, we need to understand what needs to be changed on the page itself to make this clearer. Best regards, Bruno |
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September 21, 2015, 03:56 |
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Vineet Bhola
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yes, that is exactly what I see. And I understand that main thread is "OpenFOAM Meshing & Mesh Conversion" and what you created recently are sub-Forums. I thought it would be confusing if some people post problems in Sub-Forums and some in main thread. But I just noticed that it is not limited to your new sub-Forums and It is a common template across other Forums too.
Thanks Vineet |
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September 21, 2015, 12:01 |
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Bruno Santos
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Hi Vineet,
Many thanks for the feedback! Actually, these sub-forums exist for quite some years already. This thread with the map was created more recently, in an attempt to guide people better on the forum. Either way, if in the future you or anyone else start a thread in the wrong forum or sub-forum, please let me know or use the report button to ask that the thread be moved to the right place Best regards, Bruno |
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April 11, 2016, 11:48 |
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Hi Bruno,
I think that the the sub-forum "OpenFOAM Running, Solving & CFD" and "OpenFOAM Programming & Development" should be categorized into sub-sub-forum by OpenFoam solver groups like combustion, DNS, compressible... and others. It will be more easy for finding as well as tracking the related topics. Best regards, Binh. |
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September 18, 2016, 16:23 |
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Nonetheless, if people use the tags feature, it would make it easier for others to find questions on a tagged topic. The best part is that anyone can add tags (if I'm not mistaken), not just moderators.
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March 29, 2017, 08:56 |
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Marcell Szabo-Meszaros
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Hei Foamers,
First of all I had barely enough OF experience so far, but I would like to dedicate most of my time to learn and simulate few things via OF in the next few months/years. At the beginning I want to ask general questions about the optimal way to start, and for that I ask your help now, where should I post it. So the topic would be something like asking suggestions (how to prepare raw field data, recommended softwares, methods etc) from raw data to mesh, how would be wise to prepare the data for simulation. (simulation would be about a river section at the upstream side of a dam, where the original river flow and an intake channel (with a submerged concrete block) at the side of the river. Initially under steady flow conditions, perhaps using interfoam solver). Thank you for your reply in advance! |
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March 29, 2017, 10:15 |
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Hello Marcell,
As you may already figured it out, that this forum exist about over a decade. So most of the doubts/problems what you would be encountering (as you are a new user) may it be a silly one to the serious ones, most of them are already discussed here and probably SOLVED as well. One thing what people generally do (I might have done that as well) is, the moment they get an error or problem, the just post the question without digging into the forum. Quote:
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How to ask questions be able to solve your query faster can be found here --> How to give enough info to get help One more website, that helped me out is this website --> http://www.holzmann-cfd.de/index.php/en/teaching. It had answered most of my questions and I just like the way Tobi explains about certain concepts in OpenFOAM, he breaks the complicated concepts into simple steps and makes them look easy. I am no expert in OpenFOAM (kind of a beginner as well), but yeah, these things sure did help me out. Hope this helps! Regards, Ricky
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March 30, 2017, 05:19 |
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Marcell Szabo-Meszaros
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Hei Kera,
Thank you for your prompt and comprehensive answer! It is indeed a well detailed forum, with a lot of suggestions. Quote:
Best wishes! |
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September 2, 2021, 05:29 |
Not sure where this belongs: help wanted!
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Jussi Hakosalo
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Hi there! I'm a new user of OF, and also new to this forum in general.
I am actually trying to find someone, who could sit down with me (over a zoom call or something), and go through a simple case I'm trying to make work. I have read the guides for a while, but I just feel like having a "teacher" and/or "consultant" to help me out with this would be very useful. I've been stuck as of late, and would like to go over the whole thing with someone who would be able to tell me what to do, and if what I've already done makes any sense at all or not. Basically, my question is this: where to post the question "I'm looking to hire someone to be my OF coach/consultant/tutor for a bit"? Thanks! |
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