[ignasi.alemany]

When I execute blockMeshDict this error appears:

Creating block mesh from
"/home/usuari/Escritorio/TFG_Openfoam/constant/polyMesh/blockMeshDict"


--> FOAM FATAL IO ERROR:
"ill defined primitiveEntry starting at keyword 'blocks' on line 190 and ending at line 303"

file: /home/usuari/Escritorio/TFG_Openfoam/constant/polyMesh/blockMeshDict at line 303.

From function void Foam:rimitiveEntry::readEntry(const Foam::dictionary&, Foam::Istream&)
in file db/dictionary/primitiveEntry/primitiveEntryIO.C at line 189.

FOAM exiting

My blockMeshDict code is as follows...

/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
| ========= | |
| \\ / F ield | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox |
| \\ / O peration | |
| \\ / A nd | Copyright (C) 2016 Ehsan Madadi-Kandjani |
| \\/ M anipulation | |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
FoamFile
{
version 2.0;
format ascii;
class dictionary;
object blockMeshDict;
}
vertices
(
(10 -10 0) // Vertex s0b = 0
(-10 -10 0) // Vertex s1b = 1
(-10 10 0) // Vertex s2b = 2
(10 10 0) // Vertex s3b = 3

(21.3263405205863 -21.3263405205863 0) // Vertex r0b = 4
(-21.3263405205863 -21.3263405205863 0) // Vertex r1b = 5
(-21.3263405205863 21.3263405205863 0) // Vertex r2b = 6
(21.3263405205863 21.3263405205863 0) // Vertex r3b = 7

(10 -10 200) // Vertex s0t = 8
(-10 -10 200) // Vertex s1t = 9
(-10 10 200) // Vertex s2t = 10
(10 10 200) // Vertex s3t = 11

(21.3263405205863 -21.3263405205863 200) // Vertex r0t = 12
(-21.3263405205863 -21.3263405205863 200) // Vertex r1t = 13
(-21.3263405205863 21.3263405205863 200) // Vertex r2t = 14
(21.3263405205863 21.3263405205863 200) // Vertex r3t = 15

(-21.3263405205863 -21.3263405205863 0) // Vertex r1b = 16
(-21.3263405205863 21.3263405205863 0) // Vertex r2b = 17
(-21.3263405205863 -21.3263405205863 200) // Vertex r1t = 18
(-21.3263405205863 21.3263405205863 200) // Vertex r2t = 19
(-70 -21.3263405205863 0) // Vertex r1b = 20
(-70 21.3263405205863 0) // Vertex r2b = 21
(-70 -21.3263405205863 200) // Vertex r1t = 22
(-70 21.3263405205863 200) // Vertex r2t = 23

);

blocks
(
//block0
hex (1 0 3 2 9 8 11 10)
square
(20 20 100)
simpleGrading (1 1 1)

//block1
hex (0 4 7 3 8 12 15 11)
innerCircle
(30 20 100)
simpleGrading (1 1 1)

//block2
hex (3 7 6 2 11 15 14 10)
innerCircle
(30 20 100)
simpleGrading (1 1 1)

//block3
hex (2 6 5 1 10 14 13 9)
innerCircle
(30 20 100)
simpleGrading (1 1 1)

//block4
hex (1 5 4 0 9 13 12 8)
innerCircle
(30 20 100)
simpleGrading (1 1 1)

//block5
hex (22 20 21 23 18 16 17 19)
(50 50 50)
simpleGrading(1 1 1)

);

edges
(
//Circle edges
arc 7 4 (30.16 0 0)
arc 4 5 (1.84676737311421e-15 -30.16 0)
arc 5 6 (-30.16 3.69353474622841e-15 0)
arc 6 7 (1.84676737311421e-15 30.16 0)

//Circle edges
arc 15 12 (30.16 0 200)
arc 12 13 (1.84676737311421e-15 -30.16 200)
arc 13 14 (-30.16 3.69353474622841e-15 200)
arc 14 15 (1.84676737311421e-15 30.16 200)

arc 3 0 (13 0 0)
arc 0 1 (0 -13 0)
arc 1 2 (-13 0 0)
arc 2 3 (0 13 0)

arc 11 8 (13 0 200)
arc 8 9 (0 -13 200)
arc 9 10 (-13 0 200)
arc 10 11 (0 13 200)

arc 16 17 (-30.16 3.69353474622841e-15 0)
arc 18 19 (-30.16 3.69353474622841e-15 200)

);

patches
(
wall walls
(
(4 7 15 12)
(5 4 12 13)
(6 5 13 14)
(7 6 14 15)
)

patch inlet
(
(3 0 1 2)
(3 7 4 0)
(2 6 7 3)
(1 5 6 2)
(0 4 5 1)
)

patch outlet
(
(11 10 9 8)
(11 8 12 15)
(10 11 15 14)
(9 10 14 13)
(8 9 13 12)
)
patch finalblock
(
(16 17 19 18)
(17 21 19 23)
(16 20 18 22)
(21 20 23 22)
(17 21 16 20)
(19 23 18 22)
)
);

mergePatchPairs
(
);

[piu58]

Try to omit square , innerCircle and so on.

blocks (
  //block0
  hex (1 0 3 2 9 8 11 10)
  // square
  (20 20 100) simpleGrading (1 1 1)

  //block1
  hex (0 4 7 3 8 12 15 11)
  // innerCircle
  (30 20 100) simpleGrading (1 1 1)

[Antimony]

Hi,

Most likely the error arises from this line:

//block5
hex (22 20 21 23 18 16 17 19)
(50 50 50) 
simpleGrading(1 1 1)

You are missing a space between simpleGrading and (1 1 1)

Cheers,
Antimony