[Commercial meshers] fluentMeshToFoam with Hybrid Mesh

-mAx- · May 6, 2009, 10:05

Hi,
I'm doing some tests between OpenFOAM and Fluent.
I have an hybrid mesh generated with gambit (Tetra and Hexa)
The Mesh conversion is ok, solving also ok.
When I import the result in Paraview, and when I do a Slice, I saw that the core of the hexa-domain is full of tetra.

I go back to OF, I do a checkMesh, and it returns that I have Hexaeders.
So where come those tetra from? (Paraview, VTK conversion)

bastil · May 6, 2009, 14:28

Thats a paraview issue. Paraview always triangulates cutting planes also for non-tetra meshes. CheckMesh is right. Enjoy.

-mAx- · May 7, 2009, 02:43

Ok, Thanks.
I confirmed nevertheless that it's not an OpenFOAM issue, because the mesh size computed from OF matches the one from Gambit.

May 6, 2009, 10:05	fluentMeshToFoam with Hybrid Mesh	#1
-mAx- Super Moderator Maxime Perelli Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Switzerland Posts: 3,297 Rep Power: 41	Hi, I'm doing some tests between OpenFOAM and Fluent. I have an hybrid mesh generated with gambit (Tetra and Hexa) The Mesh conversion is ok, solving also ok. When I import the result in Paraview, and when I do a Slice, I saw that the core of the hexa-domain is full of tetra. I go back to OF, I do a checkMesh, and it returns that I have Hexaeders. So where come those tetra from? (Paraview, VTK conversion) __________________ In memory of my friend Hervé: CFD engineer & freerider

May 7, 2009, 02:43		#3
-mAx- Super Moderator Maxime Perelli Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Switzerland Posts: 3,297 Rep Power: 41	Ok, Thanks. I confirmed nevertheless that it's not an OpenFOAM issue, because the mesh size computed from OF matches the one from Gambit. __________________ In memory of my friend Hervé: CFD engineer & freerider

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May 6, 2009, 14:28		#2
bastil Senior Member BastiL Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 530 Rep Power: 20	Thats a paraview issue. Paraview always triangulates cutting planes also for non-tetra meshes. CheckMesh is right. Enjoy.