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
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 2018 OpenCFD Ltd.