[lpashwin]

Ok sorry for the post, I figured out what my mistake is and corrected it.
I am a novice OpenFoam user and I ran into this problem which running blockMesh. Can someone explain to me why I am getting this error?

Creating block offsets
Creating merge list

--> FOAM FATAL ERROR:
Inconsistent point locations between block pair 0 and 2
probably due to inconsistent grading.

From function blockMesh::calcMergeInfo()
in file blockMesh/blockMeshMerge.C at line 294.

FOAM exiting


My blockMeshDict is as shown below
FoamFile
{
version 2.0;
format ascii;
class dictionary;
object blockMeshDict;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

convertToMeters 1;

vertices
(
( -1000.0 -500.0 -200.0) //0
( 0.0 -500.0 -200.0) //1
(1000.0 -500.0 -200.0) //2
( -1000.0 0.0 -200.0) //3
( 0.0 0.0 -200.0) //4
(1000.0 0.0 -200.0) //5
( -1000.0 500.0 -200.0) //6
( 0.0 500.0 -200.0) //7
(1000.0 500.0 -200.0) //8
( -1000.0 -500.0 200.0) //9
( 0.0 -500.0 200.0) //10
(1000.0 -500.0 200.0) //11
(-1000.0 0.0 200.0) //12
( 0.0 0.0 200.0) //13
(1000.0 0.0 200.0) //14
( -1000.0 500.0 200.0) //15
( 0.0 500.0 200.0) //16
(1000.0 500.0 200.0) //17


);

blocks
(
hex (0 1 4 3 9 10 13 12) (200 100 40) simpleGrading (0.1 1 0.1)
hex (1 2 5 4 10 11 14 13) (200 100 40) simpleGrading (0.1 1 0.1)
hex (3 4 7 6 12 13 16 15) (200 100 40) simpleGrading (10. 1 0.1)
hex (4 5 8 7 13 14 17 16) (200 100 40) simpleGrading (10. 1 0.1)

);

edges
(
);

boundary
(
atmosphere
{
type patch;
faces
(
(9 10 13 12)
(10 11 14 13)
(13 14 17 16)
(12 13 16 15)
);
}
inlet
{
type patch;
faces
(
(0 1 10 9)
(1 2 11 10)

);
}
outlet
{
type patch;
faces
(
(16 17 8 7)
(15 16 7 6)
);
}
bottom
{
type wall;
faces
(
(0 3 4 1)
(3 6 7 4)
(4 7 8 5)
(1 4 5 2)
);
}
lsides
{
type wall;
faces
(
(5 14 11 2)
(8 17 14 5)
);
}
rsides
{
type wall;
faces
(
(9 12 3 0)
(12 15 6 3)
);
}
);

mergePatchPairs
(
);

// ************************************************** *********************** //

[alexB]

Hi Ashwin,

the mesh grading between block 0 and 2, and between 1 and 3 doesn't fit.
The first block has a 0.1 grading in x-direction and the second has 10 in x-direction while they are connected in the x-z-plane.

Just choose the same value for the grading and it should work.

regards
Alex

[lpashwin]

Thank you Alex! It works now!