[snappyHexMesh] where is mesh file

mike6427 · July 16, 2016, 09:41

Hello guys,
I'm very new to openFoam. Maybe my question is trivial but I searched the forum without success. I generated a mesh with Discretizer and snappyHexMesh. Following the instructions in the discretizer's screencast I succesfully import an stl file and after running snappyHexMesh everything goes ok and I can see the resulting mesh with paraFoam. What I can't figure out is where the mesh is located and what is the mesh file name and format. Opening the directories created by the process with paraview I can't find a single file that show me same mesh that I can see with the paraFoam command.

Thanks in advance

Antimony · July 16, 2016, 10:00

Hi,

Your mesh is not one file. It is a bunch of files: points, faces, neighbour, owner etc. etc. Typically you can find them all in the constant/polyMesh folder. Or if not under constant, then in one of the time directories (depending on how you ran snappyHexMesh).

Cheers,
Antimony

mike6427 · July 16, 2016, 16:53

Thank you Antimony,
the files are in polyMesh directory!
Cheers

July 16, 2016, 09:41	where is mesh file	#1
mike6427 New Member Join Date: May 2016 Posts: 5 Rep Power: 10	Hello guys, I'm very new to openFoam. Maybe my question is trivial but I searched the forum without success. I generated a mesh with Discretizer and snappyHexMesh. Following the instructions in the discretizer's screencast I succesfully import an stl file and after running snappyHexMesh everything goes ok and I can see the resulting mesh with paraFoam. What I can't figure out is where the mesh is located and what is the mesh file name and format. Opening the directories created by the process with paraview I can't find a single file that show me same mesh that I can see with the paraFoam command. Thanks in advance

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July 16, 2016, 10:00		#2
Antimony Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 407 Rep Power: 16	Hi, Your mesh is not one file. It is a bunch of files: points, faces, neighbour, owner etc. etc. Typically you can find them all in the constant/polyMesh folder. Or if not under constant, then in one of the time directories (depending on how you ran snappyHexMesh). Cheers, Antimony

July 16, 2016, 16:53		#3
mike6427 New Member Join Date: May 2016 Posts: 5 Rep Power: 10	Thank you Antimony, the files are in polyMesh directory! Cheers