.TH "SNAPPYHEXMESH" 1 "OpenFOAM-1812" "www.openfoam.com" "OpenFOAM Commands Manual" .SH "NAME" snappyHexMesh \- part of \fBOpenFOAM\fR (The Open Source CFD Toolbox). .SH "SYNOPSIS" \fBsnappyHexMesh\fR [\fIOPTIONS\fR] .SH "DESCRIPTION" .nf Automatic split hex mesher. Refines and snaps to surface .fi .SH "OPTIONS" .TP \fB\-case\fR \fIdir\fR Specify case directory to use (instead of the cwd) .TP \fB\-checkGeometry\fR Check all surface geometry for quality .TP \fB\-decomposeParDict\fR \fIfile\fR Use specified file for decomposePar dictionary .TP \fB\-dict\fR \fIfile\fR Use alternative snappyHexMeshDict .TP \fB\-outFile\fR \fIfile\fR Name of the file to save the simplified surface to .TP \fB\-overwrite\fR Overwrite existing mesh/results files .TP \fB\-parallel\fR Run in parallel \fB[Parallel option]\fR .TP \fB\-patches\fR \fI(patch0 .. patchN)\fR Only triangulate selected patches (wildcards supported) .TP \fB\-profiling\fR Activate application-level profiling .TP \fB\-region\fR \fIname\fR Specify alternative mesh region .TP \fB\-surfaceSimplify\fR \fIboundBox\fR Simplify the surface using snappyHexMesh starting from a boundBox .TP \fB\-doc\fR Display documentation in browser .TP \fB\-doc-source\fR Display source code in browser .TP \fB\-help\fR Display short help and exit .TP \fB\-help-full\fR Display full help and exit .SS "ADVANCED OPTIONS" .TP \fB\-fileHandler\fR \fIhandler\fR Override the file handler type .TP \fB\-hostRoots\fR \fI(((host1 dir1) .. (hostN dirN))\fR slave root directories (per host) for distributed running. The host specification can use a regex. \fB[Parallel option]\fR .TP \fB\-roots\fR \fI(dir1 .. dirN)\fR Slave root directories for distributed running \fB[Parallel option]\fR .TP \fB\-help-compat\fR Display compatibility options and exit .TP \fB\-help-man\fR Display full help (manpage format) and exit .SS "COMPATIBILITY OPTIONS" .TP \fB\-noFunctionObjects\fR This option is ignored .SH "SEE ALSO" Online documentation https://www.openfoam.com/documentation/ .SH COPYRIGHT Copyright \(co 2018 OpenCFD Ltd.