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SNAPPYHEXMESH(1) OpenFOAM Commands Manual SNAPPYHEXMESH(1)

NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

snappyHexMesh [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

Automatic split hex mesher. Refines and snaps to surface

OPTIONS

-case dir
Specify case directory to use (instead of the cwd)
-checkGeometry
Check all surface geometry for quality
-decomposeParDict file
Use specified file for decomposePar dictionary
-dict file
Use alternative snappyHexMeshDict
-outFile file
Name of the file to save the simplified surface to
-overwrite
Overwrite existing mesh/results files
-parallel
Run in parallel [Parallel option]
-patches (patch0 .. patchN)
Only triangulate selected patches (wildcards supported)
-profiling
Activate application-level profiling
-region name
Specify alternative mesh region
-surfaceSimplify boundBox
Simplify the surface using snappyHexMesh starting from a boundBox
-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
-hostRoots (((host1 dir1) .. (hostN dirN))
slave root directories (per host) for distributed running. The host specification can use a regex. [Parallel option]
-roots (dir1 .. dirN)
Slave root directories for distributed running [Parallel option]
-help-compat
Display compatibility options and exit
-help-man
Display full help (manpage format) and exit

COMPATIBILITY OPTIONS

-noFunctionObjects
This option is ignored

SEE ALSO

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

COPYRIGHT

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