FOAMYHEXMESH(1)

📦 version 2512, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 NAME 💖

okay so this is the FOAMYHEXMESH(1) page from the OpenFOAM Commands Manual, bestie, and the main character is foamyHexMesh — part of OpenFOAM (The Open Source CFD Toolbox). periodt.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

foamyHexMesh [OPTIONS]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

foamyHexMesh is a Conformal Voronoi automatic mesh generator. that's the whole description, and it's giving iconic already 💅

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

here's the full flag menu, bestie — no skipping, we're listing every single one 🫶

  • -case dir — case directory (instead of current directory).
  • -checkGeometry — check all surface geometry for quality.
  • -conformationOnly — conform to the initial points without any point motion.
  • -decomposeParDict file — alternative decomposePar dictionary file.
  • -parallel — run in parallel [Parallel option].
  • -doc — display documentation in browser.
  • -help — display short help and exit.
  • -help-full — display full help and exit.

🔥 ADVANCED OPTIONS 🔥

these are the advanced ones, so lowkey pay attention 👀

  • -debug-switch name=val — set named DebugSwitch (default value: 1). [Can be used multiple times]
  • -fileHandler handler — override the file handler type.
  • -hostRoots ((host1 dir1) .. (hostN dirN)) — per-subprocess root directories for distributed running. The host specification can be a regex. [Parallel option]
  • -info-switch name=val — set named InfoSwitch (default value: 1). [Can be used multiple times]
  • -lib name — additional library or library list to load. [Can be used multiple times]
  • -mpi-no-comm-dup — disable initial MPI_Comm_dup().
  • -mpi-split-by-appnum — split world communicator based on the APPNUM.
  • -mpi-threads — request use of MPI threads.
  • -no-libs — disable use of the controlDict 'libs' entry.
  • -opt-switch name=val — set named OptimisationSwitch (default value: 1). [Can be used multiple times]
  • -roots (dir1 .. dirN) — subprocess root directories for distributed running [Parallel option].
  • -world name — name of the local world for parallel communication [Parallel option].
  • -doc-source — display source code in browser.
  • -help-compat — display compatibility options and exit.
  • -help-man — display full help (manpage format) and exit.
  • -help-notes — display help notes (description) and exit.

💅 COMPATIBILITY OPTIONS 💅

  • -noFunctionObjects — this option is ignored. yes, bestie, it literally says ignored 😭

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

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

Copyright © 2018-2025 OpenCFD Ltd.

that's the page, bestie 🫶 source/version: OpenFOAM-v2512, site: www.openfoam.com, and this was FOAMYHEXMESH(1). the original footer didn't print a date, so I'm not inventing one 💅✨

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