[OpenFOAM] Paraview: .foam and .OpenFOAM files support

redbullah · December 20, 2018, 13:05

Hello, I have Paraview 5.4.0 (and also 5.6.0 also, neither works) and trying to open a .OpenFOAM file in remote server. However, .OpenFOAM files won't show up in supported extensions list, only .foam files does, and I get errors when I try to open .foam files. What are the differences between foam and OpenFOAM extensions in Paraview? Why does .OpenFOAM files not show up in the supported files list? I can't use paraFoam since I'm connecting to a remote server.
Error is:

Code:

ERROR: In /home/buildslave/dashboards/buildbot/paraview-pvbinsdash-linux-shared-release_osmesa_superbuild/build/superbuild/paraview/src/VTK/IO/Geometry/vtkOpenFOAMReader.cxx, line 5446
vtkOpenFOAMReaderPrivate (0x3891ff0): Error reading line 74046 of /cfd/honel/OpenFOAM/honel-5.x/nrel5mw.case045/constant/polyMesh/faces: Expected punctuation token ')', found 

ERROR: In /home/buildslave/dashboards/buildbot/paraview-pvbinsdash-linux-shared-release_osmesa_superbuild/build/superbuild/paraview/src/VTK/Common/ExecutionModel/vtkExecutive.cxx, line 782
vtkPVCompositeDataPipeline (0x389ce20): Algorithm vtkPOpenFOAMReader(0x3895eb0) returned failure for request: vtkInformation (0x45beea0)
  Debug: Off
  Modified Time: 239346
  Reference Count: 1
  Registered Events: (none)
  Request: REQUEST_DATA
  FROM_OUTPUT_PORT: 0
  ALGORITHM_AFTER_FORWARD: 1
  FORWARD_DIRECTION: 0

redbullah · December 20, 2018, 16:12

SOLVED: If anyone is ever interested in: I set the "Case type" to "Decomposed" and "Label size" to "64 bit", and the problem is solved.

tenichols19 · September 4, 2019, 06:49

I have recently ran into a similar problem. I'm trying to generate a mesh using an existing stl file and snappyhexmesh and I get hung up in the beginning steps because paraview will not let me open a stl file, much less, it does not even show up in the folder the file is placed in.
Could you be more specific with how you solved it? I'm not familiar with "Case type" and all that..

Thanks

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December 20, 2018, 16:12		#2
redbullah New Member So Anon Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 28 Rep Power: 11	SOLVED: If anyone is ever interested in: I set the "Case type" to "Decomposed" and "Label size" to "64 bit", and the problem is solved.

September 4, 2019, 06:49		#3
tenichols19 New Member anonymous Join Date: Sep 2019 Location: North Carolina Posts: 25 Rep Power: 6	I have recently ran into a similar problem. I'm trying to generate a mesh using an existing stl file and snappyhexmesh and I get hung up in the beginning steps because paraview will not let me open a stl file, much less, it does not even show up in the folder the file is placed in. Could you be more specific with how you solved it? I'm not familiar with "Case type" and all that.. Thanks