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BLOCKMESH(1) OpenFOAM Commands Manual BLOCKMESH(1)

NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

blockMesh [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

Block mesh generator.
  The ordering of vertex and face labels within a block as shown below.
  For the local vertex numbering in the sequence 0 to 7:
    Faces 0, 1 (x-direction) are left, right.
    Faces 2, 3 (y-direction) are front, back.
    Faces 4, 5 (z-direction) are bottom, top.
                        7 ---- 6
                 f5     |\     |\     f3
                 |      | 4 ---- 5     \
                 |      3 |--- 2 |      \
                 |       \|     \|      f2
                 f4       0 ---- 1
    Y  Z
     \ |                f0 ------ f1
      \|
       O--- X

OPTIONS

-blockTopology
Write block edges and centres as obj files and exit
-case dir
Specify case directory to use (instead of the cwd)
-dict file
Alternative dictionary for the blockMesh description
-noClean
Do not remove any existing polyMesh/ directory or files
-noFunctionObjects
Do not execute function objects
-region name
Specify alternative mesh region
-sets
Write cellZones as cellSets too (for processing purposes)
-time time
specify a time to write mesh to
-doc
Display documentation in browser
-doc-source
Display source code in browser
-help
Display short help and exit
-help-full
Display full help and exit

ADVANCED OPTIONS

-fileHandler handler
Override the file handler type
-help-man
Display full help (manpage format) and exit

SEE ALSO

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

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2018 OpenCFD Ltd.
OpenFOAM-1812 www.openfoam.com