AUTOPATCH(1)

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✨ AUTOPATCH(1) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to autoPatch πŸ’– part of OpenFOAM (The Open Source CFD Toolbox). she's a command, she's iconic, and she's here to help you sort out your mesh. let's get into it 🫢


🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

autoPatch [OPTIONS] featureAngle

πŸ¦‹ DESCRIPTION πŸ¦‹

So what does she even do? She divides external faces into patches based on feature angle. That's it, that's the whole vibe. Your outside faces get sorted into patches depending on the angle you feed her. slay πŸ’…


πŸŽ€ ARGUMENTS πŸŽ€

  • featureAngle β€” in degrees, and it's gotta be in the range [0-180]. no cap, that's the only window she'll accept. πŸ“

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • -case dir β€” specify the case directory to use instead of the cwd. like, tell her where the drama is happening πŸ’–
  • -overwrite β€” overwrite existing mesh/results files. careful bestie, she's not asking twice 😭
  • -doc β€” display documentation in browser 🌈
  • -help β€” display short help and exit ✨
  • -help-full β€” display full help and exit πŸ‘‘

πŸ’œ ADVANCED OPTIONS πŸ’œ

  • -debug-switch name=val β€” specify the value of a registered debug switch. default is 1 if the value is omitted. (can be used multiple times) 🧚
  • -fileHandler handler β€” override the file handler type πŸ’«
  • -info-switch name=val β€” specify the value of a registered info switch. default is 1 if the value is omitted. (can be used multiple times) 🌸
  • -lib name β€” additional library or library list to load (can be used multiple times) πŸ“š
  • -opt-switch name=val β€” specify the value of a registered optimisation switch (int/bool). default is 1 if the value is omitted. (can be used multiple times) ⚑
  • -doc-source β€” display source code in browser πŸ”
  • -help-compat β€” display compatibility options and exit 🌟
  • -help-man β€” display full help (manpage format) and exit πŸ“–
  • -help-notes β€” display help notes (description) and exit πŸ“

πŸ™ˆ COMPATIBILITY OPTIONS πŸ™ˆ

  • -noFunctionObjects β€” this option is ignored. like, literally ignored. she sees it, she acknowledges it, she moves on πŸ’€

🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

Online documentation: https://www.openfoam.com/documentation/ β€” go read it, iykyk πŸ’–


Copyright Β© 2018-2019 OpenCFD Ltd.


and that's the whole thing bestie, you ate 🫢

okay so this was AUTOPATCH(1) from the OpenFOAM Commands Manual, brought to you by the lovely humans over at www.openfoam.com 🌈 β€” go forth and patch your faces, main character πŸ’…βœ¨