SOLIDFOAM(1)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, this is the SOLIDFOAM(1) page from the OpenFOAM Commands Manual — and the main character is solidFoam, part of OpenFOAM (The Open Source CFD Toolbox). Periodt. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

solidFoam [OPTIONS]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Solver for energy transport and thermodynamics on a solid. Literally what it says, no cap. 🧚

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -case dir — case directory (instead of current directory)
• -decomposeParDict file — alternative decomposePar dictionary file
• -dry-run — check case set-up only using a single time step
• -dry-run-write — check case set-up and write only using a single time step
• -parallel — run in parallel [Parallel option]
• -postProcess — execute functionObjects only
• -doc — display documentation in browser
• -help — display short help and exit
• -help-full — display full help and exit

🌸 ADVANCED OPTIONS 🌸

• -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]
• -listFunctionObjects — list functionObjects
• -listFvOptions — list fvOptions
• -listRegisteredSwitches — list switches registered for run-time modification (see -listUnsetSwitches option)
• -listScalarBCs — list scalar field boundary conditions (fvPatchField<scalar>)
• -listSwitches — list switches declared in libraries (see -listUnsetSwitches option)
• -listUnsetSwitches — modifies switch listing to display values not set in etc/controlDict
• -listVectorBCs — list vector field boundary conditions (fvPatchField<vector>)
• -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
• -noFunctionObjects — do not execute function objects
• -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-man — display full help (manpage format) and exit
• -help-notes — display help notes (description) and exit

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Online documentation https://www.openfoam.com/documentation/. Go off, bestie. 💖

👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Copyright © 2018-2025 OpenCFD Ltd.

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