CFD Online Discussion Forums - [OpenFOAM] Paraview does not display \<name\>:alpha1 field

Hello Foamers,

solidificationMeltingSource generates a field \<name\>:alpha1 (where \<name\> is the source name) to represent the liquid fraction. However, Paraview is completely oblivious to this field:

Code:

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|    \\/     M anipulation  |                                                 |

\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

FoamFile

{

    version     2.0;

    format      ascii;

    class       volScalarField;

    object      melt1:alpha1;

}

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



dimensions      [0 0 0 0 0 0 0];



internalField   uniform 0;



boundaryField

{

    "(walls|minZ|maxZ)"

    {

        type            zeroGradient;

    }

}





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The filename is 0/melt1:alpha1 containing the boundary and initial condition definition, which Paraview simply ignores. Is this a bug?

Thanks,

Bruno