FLUENTMESHTOFOAM(1)
π FLUENTMESHTOFOAM β bestie edition β¨
okay so you're in the OpenFOAM Commands Manual and this little icon is fluentMeshToFoam, part of OpenFOAM (The Open Source CFD Toolbox). no cap. π«Ά
πΈ SYNOPSIS πΈ
fluentMeshToFoam [OPTIONS] Fluent mesh file
π¦ DESCRIPTION π¦
Convert a Fluent mesh to OpenFOAM format, including multiple region and region boundary handling. it's giving β¨glow upβ¨ for your mesh, fr fr.
π ARGUMENTS π
Fluent mesh fileβ yeah bestie, that's the mesh you're feeding in. the whole point. π
β¨ OPTIONS β¨
-2D thicknessβ use when converting a 2-D mesh (applied before scale, so keep that order in mind π)-case dirβ specify case directory to use (instead of the cwd)-scale factorβ geometry scaling factor β default is1-writeSetsβ write cell zones and patches as sets-writeZonesβ write cell zones as zones-docβ display documentation in browser π-helpβ display short help and exit-help-fullβ display full help and exit
π₯ ADVANCED OPTIONS π₯
-debug-switch name=valβ specify the value of a registered debug switch. default is1if the value is omitted. (can be used multiple times π―)-fileHandler handlerβ override the file handler type-info-switch name=valβ specify the value of a registered info switch. default is1if the value is omitted. (can be used multiple times π―)-lib nameβ additional library or library list to load (can be used multiple times π―)-noFunctionObjectsβ do not execute function objects π«-opt-switch name=valβ specify the value of a registered optimisation switch (int/bool). default is1if the value is omitted. (can be used multiple times π―)-doc-sourceβ display source code in browser-help-manβ display full help (manpage format) and exit-help-notesβ display help notes (description) and exit
π SEE ALSO π
Online documentation https://www.openfoam.com/documentation/ β go read it, it's iconic, iykyk π
π COPYRIGHT π
Copyright Β© 2018-2019 OpenCFD Ltd.
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