OpenFOAM sample patch

Kentin · December 5, 2012, 04:47

Hi FOAMers,

I d like to know if someone has already succeeded to isolate a patch and sample values on it from the intersection with a plane, defined by basePoint and normalVector.

My problem is I have too many patches, so when i want to sample values from intersection of a specific patch and a plane, several patches are sampled.

Thanks for your help,
Kentin

Horus · June 25, 2013, 07:01

Sorry, no real reply, but could you post your setup how you tried to sample patch - plane intersection?

anon_e · September 24, 2013, 11:15

I had the same problem. I would like to sample my geometry at several distances from Inlet. I run the sample utilitiy some more times and changed sampleDict inbetween for the new points. I wrote an Allrun skript, which opens sampleDict and runs sample utility to advance handling ;-)

So it was not really your problem. But i had no problems with the surfaces.

So did you already try patchAverage utility? It gives averaged values for a patch.

December 5, 2012, 04:47	OpenFOAM sample patch	#1
Kentin New Member Kentin cal Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 11 Rep Power: 14	Hi FOAMers, I d like to know if someone has already succeeded to isolate a patch and sample values on it from the intersection with a plane, defined by basePoint and normalVector. My problem is I have too many patches, so when i want to sample values from intersection of a specific patch and a plane, several patches are sampled. Thanks for your help, Kentin

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June 25, 2013, 07:01		#2
Horus Member Florian Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 59 Rep Power: 17	Sorry, no real reply, but could you post your setup how you tried to sample patch - plane intersection?

September 24, 2013, 11:15		#3
anon_e Disabled Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 13	I had the same problem. I would like to sample my geometry at several distances from Inlet. I run the sample utilitiy some more times and changed sampleDict inbetween for the new points. I wrote an Allrun skript, which opens sampleDict and runs sample utility to advance handling ;-) So it was not really your problem. But i had no problems with the surfaces. So did you already try patchAverage utility? It gives averaged values for a patch.