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Old   November 28, 2023, 18:48
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Greetings OpenFOAM community,I've encountered an error that's left me a bit stumped. I've been working on adapting a simulation from a motorBike case to a new geometry, specifically an F1 rear wing, for simplicity's sake. However, I only changed the name of the new geometry while keeping the internal structure the same as motorBike.
Despite only renaming the new geometry without altering the internal structure, I'm facing the persistent error message "Cannot find patchField entry for motorBike" when running the simulation.
Is there a specific file or setting within OpenFOAM where the reference to the motorBike case might still be lingering, causing this error? I haven't modified any other settings except for the name change of the new geometry, the blockMeshDict and some things of the snappyHexMeshDict.
I'd greatly appreciate any insights or suggestions on how to resolve this issue. Thank you!

This is the error message:


[3] --> FOAM FATAL IO ERROR:
[3] Cannot find patchField entry for motorBike
[3]
[3] file: /root/OpenFOAM/root-11/run/alerondrs/motorBike/motorBike/processor3/0/p/boundaryField from line [4]
[4]
[4] --> FOAM FATAL IO ERROR:
[4] Cannot find patchField entry for motorBike
[4]
[4] file: /root/OpenFOAM/root-11/run/alerondrs/motorBike/motorBike/processor4/0/p/boundaryField from line 25[0]
[0]
[0] --> FOAM FATAL IO ERROR:
[0] Cannot find patchField entry for motorBike
[0]
[0] file: /root/OpenFOAM/root-11/run/alerondrs/motorBike/motorBike/processor0/0/p/boundaryField from line 25 to line 54.
[0]
[0] From function void Foam::GeometricBoundaryField<Type, PatchField, GeoMesh>::readField(const Foam:imensionedField<TypeR, GeoMesh>&, const Foam::dictionary&) [with Type = double; PatchField = Foam::fvPatchField; GeoMesh = Foam::volMesh][1]
[1]

And this is the 0/p file:

Code:
 /*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
  =========                 |
  \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
   \\    /   O peration     | Website:  https://openfoam.org
    \\  /    A nd           | Version:  11
     \\/     M anipulation  |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
FoamFile
{
    format      ascii;
    class       volScalarField;
    location    "0";
    object      p;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

dimensions      [0 2 -2 0 0 0 0];

internalField   uniform 0;

boundaryField
{
    inlet
    {
        type            zeroGradient;
    }
    outlet
    {
        type            fixedValue;
        value           uniform 0;
    }
    lowerWall
    {
        type            symmetryPlane;
    }
    "motorBike_.*"
    {
        type            zeroGradient;
    }
    upperWall
    {
        type            symmetryPlane;
    }
    front
    {
        type            symmetryPlane;
    }
    back
    {
        type            symmetryPlane;
    }
    "proc.*"
    {
        type            processor;
    }
}


 // ************************************************************************* //

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Old   November 29, 2023, 04:11
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Hello,

What do you see in your constant/polyMesh/boundary file? (or processor*/constant/polyMesh/boundary if you're running in parallel)

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Old   November 29, 2023, 11:34
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Hello,

What do you see in your constant/polyMesh/boundary file? (or processor*/constant/polyMesh/boundary if you're running in parallel)

Yann

Yes, this is it the processor*/constatn/polyMesh/boundary:

Code:
/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
  =========                 |
  \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
   \\    /   O peration     | Website:  https://openfoam.org
    \\  /    A nd           | Version:  11
     \\/     M anipulation  |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
FoamFile
{
    format      binary;
    class       polyBoundaryMesh;
    location    "constant/polyMesh";
    object      boundary;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

11
(
    front
    {
        type            symmetryPlane;
        inGroups        List<word> 1(symmetryPlane);
        nFaces          0;
        startFace       405332;
    }
    back
    {
        type            symmetryPlane;
        inGroups        List<word> 1(symmetryPlane);
        nFaces          0;
        startFace       405332;
    }
    inlet
    {
        type            patch;
        nFaces          0;
        startFace       405332;
    }
    outlet
    {
        type            patch;
        nFaces          0;
        startFace       405332;
    }
    lowerWall
    {
        type            symmetryPlane;
        inGroups        List<word> 1(symmetryPlane);
        nFaces          0;
        startFace       405332;
    }
    upperWall
    {
        type            symmetryPlane;
        inGroups        List<word> 1(symmetryPlane);
        nFaces          0;
        startFace       405332;
    }
    motorBike
    {
        type            wall;
        inGroups        List<word> 1(wall);
        nFaces          41312;
        startFace       405332;
    }
    procBoundary0to1
    {
        type            processor;
        inGroups        List<word> 1(processor);
        nFaces          1427;
        startFace       446644;
        matchTolerance  0.0001;
        myProcNo        0;
        neighbProcNo    1;
    }
    procBoundary0to2
    {
        type            processor;
        inGroups        List<word> 1(processor);
        nFaces          658;
        startFace       448071;
        matchTolerance  0.0001;
        myProcNo        0;
        neighbProcNo    2;
    }
    procBoundary0to3
    {
        type            processor;
        inGroups        List<word> 1(processor);
        nFaces          1;
        startFace       448729;
        matchTolerance  0.0001;
        myProcNo        0;
        neighbProcNo    3;
    }
    procBoundary0to5
    {
        type            processor;
        inGroups        List<word> 1(processor);
        nFaces          1536;
        startFace       448730;
        matchTolerance  0.0001;
        myProcNo        0;
        neighbProcNo    5;
    }
)

// ************************************************************************* //

And i forgot to write it, but the step im following are the same (without the importing part), of the Allrun file:

Code:
#!/bin/sh
cd ${0%/*} || exit 1    # Run from this directory

# Source tutorial run functions
. $WM_PROJECT_DIR/bin/tools/RunFunctions


runApplication blockMesh
runApplication decomposePar -copyZero
runParallel snappyHexMesh -overwrite

find . -type f -iname "*level*" -exec rm {} \;

runParallel renumberMesh -overwrite

runParallel potentialFoam -initialiseUBCs

runParallel $(getApplication)

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Alright, in the boundary file you have a patch named motorBike but in your boundary conditions you are defining conditions for every patches starting with motorBike_

So the solver complains because it cannot find a boundary condition for the patch motorBike

Update your files in 0 directory with motorBike (match only the patch named motorBike) or "motorBike.*" (matches any patches starting with motorBike) instead of "motorBike_.*"

Cheers,
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Alright, in the boundary file you have a patch named motorBike but in your boundary conditions you are defining conditions for every patches starting with motorBike_

So the solver complains because it cannot find a boundary condition for the patch motorBike

Update your files in 0 directory with motorBike (match only the patch named motorBike) or "motorBike.*" (matches any patches starting with motorBike) instead of "motorBike_.*"

Cheers,
Yann



Omg, that worked, you helped me a lot, thanks
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