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Forum: OpenFOAM Meshing & Mesh Conversion

December 9, 2017, 21:10

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[Commercial meshers] PointWise and GridGen

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Posted By ziad

Pointwise has native export into OpenFOAM format....

Pointwise has native export into OpenFOAM format. No need to use an OpenFOAM utility, an there isn't one anyway. Just go to Export->CAE under the File menu in Pointwise. For details check the manual.

Forum: OpenFOAM Meshing & Mesh Conversion

December 8, 2017, 19:28

Replies: 33

[Commercial meshers] PointWise and GridGen

Views: 14,052

Posted By ziad

Hi, Not sure I understand what you mean. I...

Hi,

Not sure I understand what you mean. I haven't used Pointwise for a while now and don't have a license available for checking, but off the top of my head *.gg is the original GridGen format....

Forum: OpenFOAM Meshing & Mesh Conversion

July 7, 2011, 11:37

Replies: 33

[Commercial meshers] PointWise and GridGen

Views: 14,052

Posted By ziad

Don't worry about it :) BTW I don't think it...

Don't worry about it :)

BTW I don't think it is necessary to have such tight control over the normal spacing to the wall to achieve a good Y+. If Eren is using RANS with the usual wall function...

Forum: OpenFOAM Meshing & Mesh Conversion

July 7, 2011, 11:26

Replies: 33

[Commercial meshers] PointWise and GridGen

Views: 14,052

Posted By ziad

You can still have very good control over the Y+...

You can still have very good control over the Y+ values by doing it the way Chris advised. It is better to use several connectors on the pressure and suction sides, and then extrude from them all...

Forum: OpenFOAM Meshing & Mesh Conversion

July 1, 2011, 13:29

Replies: 33

[Commercial meshers] PointWise and GridGen

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Posted By ziad

Well, strictly speaking non-matching overlapping...

Well, strictly speaking non-matching overlapping blocks would constitute an overset grid, or chimera. But put aside the interpolation procedure in the common fringe regions the method is not unlike...

Forum: OpenFOAM Meshing & Mesh Conversion

June 29, 2011, 09:30

Replies: 33

[Commercial meshers] PointWise and GridGen

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Posted By ziad

It depends what you mean with multiblock. The...

It depends what you mean with multiblock. The basic approach in Pointwise/GridGen is the divide the computational space in blocks that are meshed separately. These blocks will match perfectly at...

Forum: OpenFOAM Meshing & Mesh Conversion

September 4, 2010, 21:09

Replies: 33

[Commercial meshers] PointWise and GridGen

Views: 14,052

Posted By ziad

Highly recommend Pointwise to create OpenFOAM meshes

I've been using Gridgen and Pointwise for over three years and recommend both. For about a year now you can export Pointwise meshes directly in OpenFOAM format. Never had a problem with any mesh...

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