Foam warning

javed.hussain · January 3, 2021, 22:48

Dear all,

I am getting below warning msg in foam and velocity and pressure graph cant viewed,pls help me,

Foam warning
From static Foam: : instantlist Foam: : time Selector : : select 0 (Foam :: time, const Foam :: arglist$)
In file db/Time/timeselector.C at line 258
No time specified or available, selecting 'constant'
Create mesh for time=constant

geth03 · January 28, 2021, 10:14

what are you trying to simulate?
did you modify any dict? any code?

c'mon man give us more information if you want help!

random_ran · January 29, 2021, 16:56

Sometime, warning is not that important, you can just ignore it.

fakhar948 · May 1, 2025, 09:27

FOAM Warning : From function static Foam::instantList Foam::timeSelector::select0(Foam::Time&, const Foam::argList&) in file db/Time/timeSelector.C at line 269 No time specified or available, selecting 'constant' Create polyMesh for time = constant --> FOAM FATAL ERROR: Cannot find file "points" in directory "polyMesh" in times "constant" down to constant From function virtual Foam::IOobject Foam::fileOperation::findInstance(const Foam::IOobject&, Foam::scalar, const Foam::word&) const in file global/fileOperations/fileOperation/fileOperation.C at line 866. FOAM exiting . Can anyone guide about this error in meshing in wsl.

January 3, 2021, 22:48	Foam warning	#1
javed.hussain New Member Javed Hussain Join Date: Dec 2020 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 6	Dear all, I am getting below warning msg in foam and velocity and pressure graph cant viewed,pls help me, Foam warning From static Foam: : instantlist Foam: : time Selector : : select 0 (Foam :: time, const Foam :: arglist$) In file db/Time/timeselector.C at line 258 No time specified or available, selecting 'constant' Create mesh for time=constant

January 29, 2021, 16:56		#3
random_ran Member Ran Join Date: Aug 2016 Posts: 69 Rep Power: 10	Sometime, warning is not that important, you can just ignore it. __________________ Yours in CFD, Ran

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January 28, 2021, 10:14		#2
geth03 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2019 Location: Cologne, Germany Posts: 370 Rep Power: 9	what are you trying to simulate? did you modify any dict? any code? c'mon man give us more information if you want help!

May 1, 2025, 09:27		#4
fakhar948 New Member Raja Fakhar ul Hasnain Join Date: May 2025 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	FOAM Warning : From function static Foam::instantList Foam::timeSelector::select0(Foam::Time&, const Foam::argList&) in file db/Time/timeSelector.C at line 269 No time specified or available, selecting 'constant' Create polyMesh for time = constant --> FOAM FATAL ERROR: Cannot find file "points" in directory "polyMesh" in times "constant" down to constant From function virtual Foam::IOobject Foam::fileOperation::findInstance(const Foam::IOobject&, Foam::scalar, const Foam::word&) const in file global/fileOperations/fileOperation/fileOperation.C at line 866. FOAM exiting . Can anyone guide about this error in meshing in wsl.