SURFACESPLITBYPATCH(1)
β¨ SURFACESPLITBYPATCH β¨
okay bestie, so this is surfaceSplitByPatch, a little icon from the OpenFOAM Commands Manual β part of OpenFOAM (The Open Source CFD Toolbox) π she lives in section 1 of the manual and she is here to split your surface mesh into separate files per region. no cap.
πΈ SYNOPSIS πΈ
surfaceSplitByPatch [OPTIONS] input
that's it, that's the whole vibe. options first, then the input file, periodt.
π¦ DESCRIPTION π¦
Write surface mesh regions to separate files. like, each region gets its own little file, main character energy for every single one π
π ARGUMENTS π
inputβ The input surface file. yes queen, you gotta give her a surface to work with π
π OPTIONS π
-casedir β Specify case directory to use (instead of the cwd). so like, tell her which case folder you mean instead of just vibing in the current directory β¨-docβ Display documentation in browser. pop it open, go read, slay π-helpβ Display short help and exit. quick lil recap then she's gone π-help-fullβ Display full help and exit. the whole lore dump, then bye π
β ADVANCED OPTIONS β
-debug-switchname=val β Specify the value of a registered debug switch. Default is1if the value is omitted. (Can be used multiple times) β so you can stack these, fr fr π-fileHandlerhandler β Override the file handler type. override the vibe of how files get handled, iykyk π§-info-switchname=val β Specify the value of a registered info switch. Default is1if the value is omitted. (Can be used multiple times) π-libname β Additional library or library list to load (can be used multiple times). load up extra libs, as many as you want, no judgement π-noFunctionObjectsβ Do not execute function objects. she said NOT today 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 and yeah it's an int or a bool, keep it correct bestie π-doc-sourceβ Display source code in browser. go peek at the actual source, iconic behavior π-help-manβ Display full help (manpage format) and exit. the manpage-format full help, then exit πΈ-help-notesβ Display help notes (description) and exit. just the notes, just the description, then out π¦
π SEE ALSO π
Online documentation https://www.openfoam.com/documentation/ β go read, go learn, go be unstoppable π
π COPYRIGHT π
Copyright Β© 2018-2019 OpenCFD Ltd.
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