[Tobermory]

I need to generate a conical shaped refinement zone, and found online the "searchableCone" primitive that looks perfect ... however, the trouble is that this seems to be implemented only in the OpenCFD port of OpenFOAM (OF+, or whatever it's called these days), and I am running the dev version from the OF Foundation.

I checked in my $FOAM_SRC/meshTools/searchableSurfaces and indeed, no searchableCone. Before I start mucking about with the code, does anyone know - is this simple to implement? I imagine that I can get the code from the OF+ port, or perhaps use the searchableCylinder as a starting point and write my own coded, but then what do I need to rebuild within OF? Can I just rebuild one of the libraries, or do I need to rebuild the whole thing?

I tried tracing back through the inheritance diagrams, but got as far as IOobject and could not see where this class sat. Any advice or pointers would be gratefully received, since it would probably save me a chunk of time. Thanks.

[Tobermory]

Ok - after a little more digging I realised that the searchableSurfaces are all compiled as part of the meshTools library (obvious really, since they sit in the meshTools folder). I think I see now how I can do this.

[HPE]

may help a bit (though OFv1912): https://www.openfoam.com/documentati...chable-objects

[Tobermory]

Ok - that took a little longer than expected, since some of the class definitions have diverged between the OpenFOAM foundation version and the v1912 OF+ version. Still - it was fairly easy to fix with some edits in the header and .C files, and I now have a libmyMeshTools.so in my $WM_PROJECT_USER_DIR that I can link to dynamically at run time. It's working like a charm.

[Propanotriol]

Dear Tobermory, I wanted to do the same thing, refinement with a cone. Can you explain how you implemented it please? I am a newbie with OF and C++

[Tobermory]

Annoyingly, I didn't keep any notes, and it's rather long ago to remember the details. However, let me describe the process at high level:
1. Download the foam-extend source, and find the meshTools folder. The searchableCone class is in there.
2. Copy the meshTools folder into your user src folder, and in the searchableSurfaces folder delete all but the searchableCone folder
3. Edit the Make/files file:

searchableSurfaces/searchableCone/searchableCone.C
LIB = $(FOAM_USER_LIBBIN)/libmyMeshTools

4. Edit the Make/options file:

EXE_INC = \
    -I$(LIB_SRC)/triSurface/lnInclude \
    -I$(LIB_SRC)/surfMesh/lnInclude \
    -I$(LIB_SRC)/fileFormats/lnInclude \
        -I$(LIB_SRC)/meshTools/lnInclude

LIB_LIBS = \
    -ltriSurface \
    -lsurfMesh \
    -lfileFormats

5. Build the library, using wmake

If the above is successful, you should end up with libMeshTools.so in your user lib folder ($(FOAM_USER_LIBBIN)). You can then reference this in your controlDict. I THINK that was all the steps! Good luck!