[akidess]

Yeah, this in not a QT problem, but a problem with the Foam reader plugin. If step 7 in the readme does not work, a remedy is to convert the results with foamToVTK and use paraview instead.

[riderman]

Hello Akidess,

I did what is written in the step 7 but in doesn't work :
alexandre@alexandre-laptop:~/OpenFOAM/alexandre-1.5/run/tutorials/icoFoam/cavity$ paraFoam
/home/alexandre/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-1.5/bin/paraFoam: 103: paraview: not found

So, I decided to look at this file and here is the "bin/paraFoam". I added numbers of lines otherwise I would be a little be difficult for you to have marks. Can you compare it to yours and tell me whether the error comes from this file?

Moreover, could you indicate me how to convert the results with foamToVTK?

Kind regards

Riderman



33/Script=${0##*/}

35/usage() {
while [ "$#" -ge 1 ]; do echo "$1"; shift; done
cat<<USAGE

usage: $Script [-case dir]
40/
* start paraview $ParaView_VERSION with the OpenFOAM libraries

USAGE
exit 1
45/}

# parse options
if [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; then
case "$1" in
50/ -h | -help)
usage
;;
-case)
shift
55/ caseDir=$1
[ "$#" -ge 1 ] || usage "'-case' option requires an argument"
cd "$caseDir" 2>/dev/null || usage "directory does not exist: '$caseDir'"
;;
*)
60/ usage "unknown option/argument: '$*'"
;;
esac
fi

65/# get a sensible caseName
caseName=${PWD##*/}

# parent directory for normal or parallel results
case "$caseName" in
70/ processor*) parentDir=".." ;;
*) parentDir="." ;;
esac

# check existence of essential files
75/for check in system/controlDict system/fvSchemes system/fvSolution
do
[ -s "$parentDir/$check" ] || usage "file does not exist: '$parentDir/$check'"
done

80/#caseFile="$caseName.foam"
caseFile="$caseName.OpenFOAM"

case "$ParaView_VERSION" in
2*)
85/ # Clean up on termination and on Ctrl-C
trap "rm -f paraFoam.pvs $caseFile 2>/dev/null; exit 0" EXIT TERM INT
touch $caseFile

# since we are now in the cwd, %CASE% is '$PWD/$caseFile'
90/ sed -e s@%CASE%@$PWD/$caseFile@g \
$WM_PROJECT_DIR/bin/paraFoam.pvs > paraFoam.pvs

paraview paraFoam.pvs
;;
95/
*)
# Clean up on termination and on Ctrl-C
trap "rm -f $caseFile 2>/dev/null; exit 0" EXIT TERM INT
touch $caseFile
100/ paraview --data=$caseFile
;;

103/esac
#--------------------

[akidess]

My paraFoam file is not altered, it is the standard script that comes with OpenFOAM. I use ubuntu 8.10 and paraFoam worked out of the box, so I did not have to recompile and cannot give you further advice. Did paraview compile without any errors? Looks like you are missing the binary file.

To view your files in VTK format, run a simulation, then execute the script foamToVTK in your case directory. This will create a new subdirectory "VTK". Now you can run paraview (not paraFoam) and open the VTK files.

-Anton