Open Foam and unv mesh conversion

Hi,

Someone writed a software that make the conversion unv to foam for Open Foam. So, we can use Salome mesh with this program.

However, I don't know very well Open Foam and I'm not able to use it. I write this post with the hope that someone can write a little tutorial to install unvtofoam and with the basic step to use it.

You can find unv to foam at:

openfoam.cfd-online.com/cgi-bin/forum/discus.cgi

Click OpenFoam, Meshing / Mesh conversion, Open source, Salome 3.2.1 and unv

Thanks

MP

Hi,

I have been following this OpenFOAM/unv stuffs closely on the OpenFOAM forum. At this point, that unvToFoam conversional tool is not general enough - it only reads Tet elements. Hopefully, someone can generalize that tool to support both tet and hex elements + groups.

phsieh2005

Hi,

I know that unvToFoam is currently basic but it will help to make open source CFD more popular with the possibility to make complexe mesh with Salome. So, I want to learn how to use these open source tools together.

So, the guys who develop unvtofoam write a tutorial in the forum. Althought, I cannot pass the step 3. I think that wmake is not implented in CAE Linux.

Is someone can help me to resolve this problem please.

Thanks,

Michael Page

Hi,

I never run OpenFOAM from CAELinux. The easiet way is to install OpenFOAM on a linux machine. then, you should be able to compile the unvToFoam code and run it.

phsieh2005

Hi,

I have tried unvToFoam today, within \"CAE command line tools\" console in \"guest\" account: everything works 100% correctly, wmake compile the code and it runs smoothly then.

(CAELinux version pre Beta 3... but should be similar to beta 2 for OpenFOAM)

REMINDER:
to run any OpenFOAM related tool, you need absolutely:
- if logged as \"root\" or \"guest\": use \"CAE command line tools\" console, and work only in /home/guest/OpenFOAM/guest_1.2 (for guest) or /root/OpenFOAM/root_1.2 (for root). Also do only start FoamX from one of these directories.
- if logged in a custom account: you need first to copy /root/.bashrc-CAE in your home dir and use then Command line tools... not tested 100% but should work then.

It took me a long time to setup OpenFOAM for multiuser access... so try to use the predefined accounts (root or guest)