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August 1, 2019, 05:15

"Cannot determine normal vector from patches" for complex geometry using SHM

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Mads Ivarson

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Hello,

I am using OpenFOAM-v1812 on windows. I have created a background mesh for my STL file and checked it with checkMesh, and ran surfaceFeatureExtract. When I then run snappyhexMesh, after a few seconds I get the error message in the title. Does anyone know a possible reason for this error?

I've attached my snappyHexMeshDict and a screenshot of the error message and the geometry.

Error message: https://imgur.com/a/GJkZ8nw
Geometry: https://imgur.com/a/Hnxh1DK

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snappyHexMeshDict.txt (10.1 KB, 5 views)

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