FOAMYQUADMESH(1)

📦 version 2512, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ FOAMYQUADMESH ✨

okay so bestie, this is foamyQuadMesh — a lil piece of the whole OpenFOAM thing, aka The Open Source CFD Toolbox 💖 it's the OpenFOAM commands manual page, and it's here to make your mesh dreams come true (mesh as in grid, not as in "we're meshing irl", although honestly? same energy 🫶)

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

foamyQuadMesh [OPTIONS]

literally that's it. just the command, then whatever options your heart desires ✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Conformal Voronoi 2D automatic mesh generator 🎀

no cap, that's the whole description — it auto-generates a conformal Voronoi mesh in 2D and that's iconic of it honestly 👑

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • -case dir — tell it where your case directory lives, instead of just vibing in the current directory 🏠
  • -overwrite — overwrite the mesh/results files you already have. yes, those files. no take-backsies, bestie 😭
  • -pointsFile filename — your points file, by name 🎀
  • -doc — pops the documentation open in your browser 🌈
  • -help — short help, then it dips immediately 👋
  • -help-full — the full help, then exits. the whole lore drop 📖

🔥 ADVANCED OPTIONS 🔥

(yes there's a whole advanced section, we love a bonus round 💜)

  • -debug-switch name=val — set a named DebugSwitch (default value: 1). can be used multiple times ♻️
  • -fileHandler handler — override the file handler type, main character energy for your file handling 🗂️
  • -info-switch name=val — set a named InfoSwitch (default value: 1). can be used multiple times, go off 🔁
  • -lib name — load an additional library or library list. can be used multiple times ✨
  • -no-libs — disables using the controlDict 'libs' entry 🚫
  • -noFunctionObjects — do not execute function objects. respect the boundary 🛑
  • -opt-switch name=val — set a named OptimisationSwitch (default value: 1). can be used multiple times 💫
  • -doc-source — show the source code in your browser, iykyk 👀
  • -help-man — full help, manpage format, then exit 📜
  • -help-notes — help notes (the description), then exit 📝

🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

online documentation, right here: https://www.openfoam.com/documentation/ 💻🦋

Copyright © 2018-2025 OpenCFD Ltd. 🫶

okay that's the whole page, bestie! this one came from www.openfoam.com on OpenFOAM-v2512, and it's dated right there at the footer with the FOAMYQUADMESH(1) tag — so you know exactly which version you're dealing with 💖 now go make some meshes, slay ✨🎀

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