| 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
- -region name
- Specify alternative mesh region
- -sets
- Write cellZones as cellSets too (for processing purposes)
- -time time
- Specify a time to write mesh to (default: constant)
- -doc
- Display documentation in browser
- -help
- Display short help and exit
- -help-full
- Display full help and exit
ADVANCED OPTIONS¶
- -debug-switch name=val
- Specify the value of a registered debug switch. Default is 1 if the value is omitted. (Can be used multiple times)
- -fileHandler handler
- Override the file handler type
- -info-switch name=val
- Specify the value of a registered info switch. Default is 1 if the value is omitted. (Can be used multiple times)
- -lib name
- Additional library or library list to load (can be used multiple times)
- -opt-switch name=val
- Specify the value of a registered optimisation switch (int/bool). Default is 1 if the value is omitted. (Can be used multiple times)
- -doc-source
- Display source code in browser
- -help-compat
- Display compatibility options and exit
- -help-man
- Display full help (manpage format) and exit
- -help-notes
- Display help notes (description) and exit
COMPATIBILITY OPTIONS¶
- -noFunctionObjects
- This option is ignored
SEE ALSO¶
Online documentation https://www.openfoam.com/documentation/
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 2018-2019 OpenCFD Ltd.
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