SURFACEFEATURECONVERT(1)
β¨ SURFACEFEATURECONVERT β¨
okay bestie, welcome to the surfaceFeatureConvert(1) page from the OpenFOAM Commands Manual π this one's part of OpenFOAM (The Open Source CFD Toolbox) β yes, that OpenFOAM, the icon, the moment, the legend π
πΈ SYNOPSIS πΈ
surfaceFeatureConvert [OPTIONS] input output
like... it takes an input, it takes an output, and it does its lil thing in between. simple. elegant. iconic π
π¦ DESCRIPTION π¦
Convert between edgeMesh formats β¨
that's it. that's the whole vibe. in goes one edge file format, out comes another. lowkey the most useful lil glow-up machine in the toolbox π
π ARGUMENTS π
inputβ The input edge file. your source material, your raw material, the before picture πΈoutputβ The output edge file. the after picture, the slay, the final form β¨
π OPTIONS π
-casedir β Specify case directory to use (instead of the cwd). so you can be somewhere else entirely and still point at your case, main character energy fr π«Ά-scalefactor β Geometry scaling factor β default is1. leave it alone and nothing changes, bump it and everything gets bigger or smaller, no cap π-docβ Display documentation in browser. opens the docs, very demure, very mindful π-helpβ Display short help and exit. the quick version, the TL;DR π-help-fullβ Display full help and exit. the whole lore drop, every last detail π₯
π ADVANCED OPTIONS π
-debug-switchname=val β Specify the value of a registered debug switch. Default is1if the value is omitted. (Can be used multiple times) β yes you can stack it, go off π§-fileHandlerhandler β Override the file handler type. sometimes you gotta tell it how to read/write files, and that's valid πΈ-info-switchname=val β Specify the value of a registered info switch. Default is1if the value is omitted. (Can be used multiple times) β for when you want the tea, the info, the details β-libname β Additional library or library list to load (can be used multiple times). load up as many as you want, it's giving generous π-noFunctionObjectsβ Do not execute function objects. just... don't run them. respectfully skipping that part π-opt-switchname=val β Specify the value of a registered optimisation switch (int/bool). Default is1if the value is omitted. (Can be used multiple times) β tune those optimisation vibes to your liking β-doc-sourceβ Display source code in browser. peek behind the curtain, read the actual code, iykyk π-help-manβ Display full help (manpage format) and exit. yes it can show you a manpage. yes that's meta. yes it's iconic π-help-notesβ Display help notes (description) and exit. just the notes, just the summary, cute and concise π
π SEE ALSO π
Online documentation: https://www.openfoam.com/documentation/ β go read, go learn, go thrive π
π COPYRIGHT π
Copyright Β© 2018-2019 OpenCFD Ltd.
and that's the page bestie!! π«Ά this beauty lives over at www.openfoam.com and it's part of the OpenFOAM family β SURFACEFEATURECONVERT(1), manual page, go convert those edgeMeshes and slay β¨ππ
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