REFINEWALLLAYER(1)

📦
version 1912.200626 · 2 versions
  • 1912.200626 · debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu stonking (latest)
  • 2512 · nixpkgs unstable
, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu stonking

💖 REFINEWALLLAYER 💖

okay bestie, welcome to refineWallLayer, one of the little command-line cuties that ships with OpenFOAM (aka The Open Source CFD Toolbox). it lives in the OpenFOAM Commands Manual and it is, genuinely, a vibe. let's get into it 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

refineWallLayer — part of OpenFOAM (The Open Source CFD Toolbox). that's the whole name section, she's lowkey humble like that 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

refineWallLayer [OPTIONS] patches edgeFraction

that's it. options first if you want 'em, then the two things she actually needs from you: patches and edgeFraction. no cap 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Refine cells next to specified patches. that's the whole tea ☕ — she takes the cells hanging out right next to the patches you point at and she refines them. glow-up for your mesh, literally ✨

🍓 ARGUMENTS 🍓

  • patches — the list of patch names or a regex, bestie. example given is '(top "Wall.")' so yes you can mix literal names and regex in one list, she's flexible like that 💅
  • edgeFraction — the size of the refined cells as a fraction of the edge-length, on a (0,1) interval. so like, a fraction. between zero and one. keep it in the range, okay? 🙈

👑 OPTIONS 👑

  • -case dir — specify the case directory to use (instead of the cwd). basically "not here, over there" 💁
  • -decomposeParDict file — use the specified file for the decomposePar dictionary
  • -overwrite — overwrite existing mesh/results files. she will simply replace your files, no hesitation, so know what you're doing 👀
  • -parallel — run in parallel. this is a Parallel option ⚡
  • -useSet name — restrict the cells to refine based on the specified cellSet name. so instead of the whole patch neighbourhood, just your little curated set 🎀
  • -doc — display documentation in browser
  • -help — display short help and exit
  • -help-full — display full help and exit

🌈 ADVANCED OPTIONS 🌈

  • -debug-switch name=val — specify the value of a registered debug switch. default is 1 if the value is omitted. (can be used multiple times)
  • -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 the value is omitted. (can be used multiple times)
  • -lib name — additional library or library list to load (can be used multiple times)
  • -opt-switch name=val — specify the value of a registered optimisation switch (int/bool). default is 1 if the value is omitted. (can be used multiple times)
  • -roots (dir1 .. dirN) — slave root directories for distributed running [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. that's it. she's there, she does nothing, she's decorative 💅 (not me listing an option that literally does nothing, but bestie, completeness is the moment)

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

online documentation, go read it, it's giving scholarly: https://www.openfoam.com/documentation/

Copyright © 2018-2019 OpenCFD Ltd.

okay that's the whole page, you ate it, you understood it, you're the main character of CFD now 🌟

and for the cute sign-off: this lil manual came from www.openfoam.com, version OpenFOAM-, and she's filed under REFINEWALLLAYER(1). mwah, go refine something 🧚💖

📦 where this page comes from