ORIENTFACEZONE(1)
π ORIENTFACEZONE β the glow-up your faceZone has been waiting for
okay bestie, welcome to the OpenFOAM Commands Manual page for orientFaceZone, which is, and I cannot stress this enough, part of OpenFOAM (The Open Source CFD Toolbox). she's a little command, she fixes a big problem, and she's about to become your new fave. π
β¨ SYNOPSIS β¨
orientFaceZone [OPTIONS] faceZone point
that's it. that's the whole vibe. two little positional args and a whole lot of options you probably won't touch. π¦
πΈ DESCRIPTION πΈ
she corrects the orientation of faceZone. that's literally it. that's her whole job and she does it flawlessly, no notes. periodt. π
fr fr, if your faceZone is out here facing the wrong way, this is the girl you call.
π ARGUMENTS π
faceZoneβ the faceZone you want to orient. your main character. the one getting fixed. πpointβ a point outside of the mesh. yes, outside. keep that in mind, it's not a typo, it's the whole trick. β¨
π OPTIONS π
-casedir β tell her which case directory to use, instead of just vibing in the cwd like a lost little butterfly. π¦-decomposeParDictfile β use a specific file for thedecomposePardictionary. iykyk.-parallelβ run in parallel. [Parallel option] so you know she's built different. π₯-regionname β specify an alternative mesh region. different region, same slay.-docβ display the documentation in your browser. open the lore, bestie. π-helpβ display short help and dip. quick lil hello. π-help-fullβ display the full help and exit. the whole essay. no skimming. π
π ADVANCED OPTIONS π
-debug-switchname=val β set the value of a registered debug switch. default is1if you omit the value. (can be used multiple times, go wild)-fileHandlerhandler β override the file handler type. she said "not today, default." π-hostRoots((host1 dir1) .. (hostN dirN)) β per-host slave root directories for distributed running. the host specification can be a regex. [Parallel option] π-info-switchname=val β set the value of a registered info switch. default is1if the value is omitted. (can be used multiple times)-libname β additional library or library list to load. (can be used multiple times) π§-noFunctionObjectsβ do not execute function objects. none. zero. not a single one. π-opt-switchname=val β set the value of a registered optimisation switch (int/bool). default is1if the value is omitted. (can be used multiple times)-roots(dir1 .. dirN) β slave root directories for distributed running. [Parallel option] π-doc-sourceβ display the source code in your browser. read the girl's actual source, we love a transparent queen. π-help-manβ display full help in manpage format and exit. (yes, the format you're literally looking at rn, meta much?) π-help-notesβ display help notes (description) and exit. the sparknotes version. π
π SEE ALSO π
online documentation, obvs: https://www.openfoam.com/documentation/ β go read, bestie, the lore is deep. π
π COPYRIGHT π
Copyright Β© 2018-2019 OpenCFD Ltd.
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