[linnemann]

Hi.

I've posted a feature request on the netgen SF page and just added it here for interested people.

Add the possibility to use the assigned boundary conditions to add name for STL solids.

This way it can be used in SnappyHexMesh in OpenFOAM without having to split the STL file in seperate geometries and will allow for a fully defined surface without leaks.

example of ACSII STL file as it is now when exporting, only one triangle

solid
facet normal -0.9990862153 -0.03061211299 -0.02982671458
outer loop
vertex -4990.620641 -306.11373 0
vertex -5000 3.061616998e-13 8.333027861e-09
vertex -4991.095326 0 -298.2741069
endloop
endfacet
endsolid

wanted export from NG when one have assigned the BC's

solid Boundary_0
facet normal -0.9990862153 -0.03061211299 -0.02982671458
outer loop
vertex -4990.620641 -306.11373 0
vertex -5000 3.061616998e-13 8.333027861e-09
vertex -4991.095326 0 -298.2741069
endloop
endfacet
endsolid Boundary_0

[linnemann]

Hi all

as a temporarily workaround I found a way to do this.

surfaceMeshTriangulate --help
/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\
| =========                 |                                                 |
| \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox           |
|  \\    /   O peration     | Version:  1.5-dev                               |
|   \\  /    A nd           | Revision: exported                              |
|    \\/     M anipulation  | Web:      http://www.OpenFOAM.org               |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

Usage: surfaceMeshTriangulate <output file> [-case dir] [-parallel] [-patches (patch0 .. patchN)] [-excludeProcPatches]  [-help] [-doc] [-srcDoc]

So using this command I can extract the exact surface mesh from the OpenFOAM case which Netgen produced.

surfaceMeshTriangulate mesh.stl -patches "(inlet outlet blade spinner)"

It would although be cool if it where done directly from Netgen. This approach will give you a leak free surface which can be used for snappyHexMesh.

Best

[philippose]

Hello Linnemann :-)!

A very Good Morning!

So it was you who "anonymously" posted the feature request for the STL boundary export :-)!

Just wanted to inform you and the OpenFOAM community, that I have added this capability of exporting STL files with each boundary identified as an individual entity into the SVN version of Netgen.

The export is called "STL Extended Format" (in order to maintain backward compatibility), and can be selected as usual from the Export filetypes menu in Netgen.

As requested, each boundary is defined as a separate "solid":

solid Boundary_<bcnum>
....
....
....
endsolid Boundary_<bcnum>


Enjoy :-)!

Philippose

[linnemann]

Hi

Yup that was me, forgot to login before posting :-)

That is super awesome, thanks man.

Best