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SURFACEMESHEXTRACT(1) OpenFOAM Commands Manual SURFACEMESHEXTRACT(1)

NAME

surfaceMeshExtract - part of OpenFOAM (The Open Source CFD Toolbox).

SYNOPSIS

surfaceMeshExtract [OPTIONS] output

DESCRIPTION

Extract patch or faceZone surfaces from a polyMesh. The name is historical, it
only triangulates faces when the output format requires it.

ARGUMENTS

The output surface file

OPTIONS

Specify case directory to use (instead of the cwd)
Include the 'constant/' dir in the times list
Exclude processor patches
Specify single or multiple faceZones to extract Eg, 'cells' or '( slice "mfp-.*" )'
Select the latest time
Exclude the '0/' dir from the times list
Run in parallel [Parallel option]
Specify single patch or multiple patches to extract. Eg, 'top' or '( front ".*back" )'
Specify alternative mesh region
List of ranges. Eg, ':10,20 40:70 1000:', 'none', etc
Display documentation in browser
Display short help and exit
Display full help and exit

ADVANCED OPTIONS

Specify the value of a registered debug switch. Default is 1 if the value is omitted. (Can be used multiple times)
Use specified file for decomposePar dictionary
Specify single patch or multiple patches to exclude from writing. Eg, 'outlet' or '( inlet ".*Wall" )'
Override the file handler type
Per-host slave root directories for distributed running. The host specification can be a regex. [Parallel option]
Specify the value of a registered info switch. Default is 1 if the value is omitted. (Can be used multiple times)
Additional library or library list to load (can be used multiple times)
Do not execute function objects
Specify the value of a registered optimisation switch (int/bool). Default is 1 if the value is omitted. (Can be used multiple times)
Slave root directories for distributed running [Parallel option]
Display source code in browser
Display full help (manpage format) and exit
Display help notes (description) and exit

SEE ALSO

Online documentation https://www.openfoam.com/documentation/

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