SETSET(1)
β¨ setSet β the OpenFOAM bestie era β¨
okay so this is a page from the OpenFOAM Commands Manual, and the star of the show is setSet π
π NAME π
setSet β part of OpenFOAM (The Open Source CFD Toolbox). yes bestie, that OpenFOAM. the CFD one. iconic behavior honestly π
π¦ SYNOPSIS π¦
setSet [OPTIONS]
πΈ DESCRIPTION πΈ
So what does it do? It lets you manipulate a cell/face/point Set or Zone β interactively. that's the whole vibe. you sit there, you talk to it, it messes with your sets and zones. main character energy fr fr π
β¨ OPTIONS β¨
-batchfile β runs it in batch mode, taking its input from the file you specified. no chatting, just vibes from a file π-casedir β tells it which case directory to use, instead of the cwd. so you don't have to be standing in the right place π«Ά-constantβ includes theconstant/dir in the times list-decomposeParDictfile β uses the file you name for thedecomposePardictionary-latestTimeβ selects the latest time. newest era only π-loopβ executes the batch commands for all timesteps-noSyncβ does not synchronise selection across coupled patches-noVTKβ does not write VTK files-noZeroβ excludes the0/dir from the times list-parallelβ run in parallel [Parallel option] π₯-regionname β specify an alternative mesh region-timeranges β list of ranges. for example':10,20 40:70 1000:','none', etc. yes those quotes matter, keep them π-docβ displays the documentation in your browser π-helpβ displays short help and exits-help-fullβ displays full help and exits
π ADVANCED OPTIONS π
-debug-switchname=val β specify the value of a registered debug switch. default is1if you leave the value out. (can be used multiple times)-fileHandlerhandler β override the file handler type-hostRoots((host1 dir1) .. (hostN dirN)) β per-host slave root directories for distributed running. the host specification can be a regex. [Parallel option]-info-switchname=val β specify the value of a registered info switch. default is1if you leave the value out. (can be used multiple times)-libname β additional library or library list to load (can be used multiple times)-noFunctionObjectsβ do not execute function objects-opt-switchname=val β specify the value of a registered optimisation switch (int/bool). default is1if you leave the value out. (can be used multiple times)-roots(dir1 .. dirN) β slave root directories for distributed running [Parallel option]-doc-sourceβ displays the source code in your browser-help-manβ displays full help (manpage format) and exits-help-notesβ displays help notes (description) and exits
lowkey obsessed with how many switches this thing has. every single one is here tho, no cap. not one skipped π§
π SEE ALSO π
Online documentation: https://www.openfoam.com/documentation/
π COPYRIGHT π
Copyright Β© 2018-2019 OpenCFD Ltd.
okay that's the whole page bestie!! you ate it, you read it, periodt π
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