ENGINEFOAM(1)

ENGINEFOAM(1) 👑

okay bestie, welcome to engineFoam — she's part of OpenFOAM (The Open Source CFD Toolbox), and she is lowkey iconic 💅 this whole page lives in the OpenFOAM Commands Manual, and we're gonna go through it together, no skimming, no skipping, fr fr 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

engineFoam [OPTIONS]

that's it. that's the whole vibe. you run her, you hand her some options, she goes 🌈

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so what does she do, you ask? Transient solver for compressible, turbulent engine flow with a spray particle cloud.

periodt. that's the whole job. transient (meaning she moves through time, she's not standing still, she's giving main character energy ⏱️), compressible, turbulent, engine flow, and there's a spray particle cloud in there too — she's doing a LOT and she's doing it all at once 🔥

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💖 OPTIONS 💖

here's where it gets juicy. every single flag, in order, no gatekeeping 🎀

• -case dir — tell her which case directory to use instead of the cwd. like, "bestie, work here not there" 📁
• -decomposeParDict file — use the file you specify for the decomposePar dictionary 🧩
• -parallel — run in parallel. she said "let's get the whole group chat involved" ✨ [Parallel option]
• -postProcess — execute functionObjects only. nothing else, just the functionObjects, she's being picky 💅
• -doc — display documentation in browser 📖
• -help — display short help and exit. the little "hey bestie here's the TL;DR" 🙈
• -help-full — display full help and exit. the whole essay, all of it, no cuts 📚

🌟 ADVANCED OPTIONS 🌟

these are the ones for when you're really in your Unix era 👑

• -debug-switch name=val — specify the value of a registered debug switch. default is 1 if you omit the value. (can be used multiple times — stack 'em, queen) 🐛
• -fileHandler handler — override the file handler type 🔧
• -hostRoots ((host1 dir1) .. (hostN dirN)) — per-host slave root directories for distributed running. the host specification can be a regex. [Parallel option] 🖥️
• -info-switch name=val — specify the value of a registered info switch. default is 1 if you omit the value. (can be used multiple times) ℹ️
• -lib name — additional library or library list to load (can be used multiple times) 📦
• -listFunctionObjects — list functionObjects 📝
• -listFvOptions — list fvOptions 📝
• -listRegisteredSwitches — list switches registered for run-time modification (see the -listUnsetSwitches option) 🔍
• -listScalarBCs — list scalar field boundary conditions (fvPatchField<scalar>) 🌊
• -listSwitches — list switches declared in libraries (see the -listUnsetSwitches option) 🔍
• -listTurbulenceModels — list turbulenceModels 🌪️
• -listUnsetSwitches — modifies switch listing to display values not set in etc/controlDict 🙈
• -listVectorBCs — list vector field boundary conditions (fvPatchField<vector>) 🏹
• -noFunctionObjects — do not execute function objects. she's off duty 🚫
• -opt-switch name=val — specify the value of a registered optimisation switch (int/bool). default is 1 if you omit the value. (can be used multiple times) ⚙️
• -roots (dir1 .. dirN) — slave root directories for distributed running [Parallel option] 🌳
• -doc-source — display source code in browser 💻
• -help-man — display full help (manpage format) and exit 📜
• -help-notes — display help notes (description) and exit 🗒️

ngl, if you're new here, start with -help before you start throwing advanced flags around like confetti 🎊

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Online documentation 👉 https://www.openfoam.com/documentation/

go read it, she's worth it 💖

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🌈 COPYRIGHT 🌈

Copyright © 2018-2019 OpenCFD Ltd.

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and that's the whole page, bestie 🫶 this came to you from www.openfoam.com, version OpenFOAM-, and it's filed under ENGINEFOAM(1) in the OpenFOAM Commands Manual. slay, go run your solver, and hydrate 💜✨