[Carno]

Dear All,

I am trying hard and checking different options to create a cellzone in the mesh. It is not at all creating the cellzone. Below is the dict.

/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
| =========                 |                                                 |
| \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox           |
|  \\    /   O peration     | Version:  3.0.x                                 |
|   \\  /    A nd           | Web:      www.OpenFOAM.org                      |
|    \\/     M anipulation  |                                                 |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
FoamFile
{
    version     2.0;
    format      ascii;
    class       dictionary;
    object      snappyHexMeshDict;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

#includeEtc "caseDicts/mesh/generation/snappyHexMeshDict.cfg"

castellatedMesh on;
snap            off;
addLayers       off;

geometry
{
    fixed.stl
    {
        type triSurfaceMesh;
        name fixed;
        regions
        {
           /* <inletPatch>  { name inlet; }
            <outletPatch> { name outlet; }
           */
        }
    }
/*    rotatingZone.stl
    {
        type triSurfaceMesh;
        name rotatingZone;
    }*/
    rotating.stl
    {
        type triSurfaceMesh;
        name rotating;
    }
    rad.stl
    {
        type triSurfaceMesh;
        name rad;
    }
};

castellatedMeshControls
{
    features
    (
        /*{ file "fixed.eMesh";        level 1; }
        { file "rotating.eMesh";     level 1; }
        { file "rotatingZone.eMesh"; level 1; }
        */
    );

    refinementSurfaces
    {
        fixed
        {
            level       (1 1);
            patchInfo   { type wall; }
            inGroups    (fixed);

            regions
            {/*
                <inletPatch>
                {
                    level (2 2);
                    patchInfo
                    {
                        type patch;
                        inGroups (inlet);
                    }
                }

                <outletPatch>
                {
                    level (2 2);
                    patchInfo
                    {
                        type patch;
                        inGroups (outlet);
                    }
                }
            */}
        }
/*       rotatingZone
        {
            level       (1 1);
            patchInfo   { type wall; }
        }*/
        rotating
        {
            level       (1 1);
            faceZone    arotating;
            cellZone    arotating;
            cellZoneInside  inside;
            boundary    internal;
        }
        rad
        {
            level       (1 1);
            patchInfo   { type wall; }
        }

    }

    refinementRegions
    {
        
        rotating
        {
            mode inside;
            levels ((1E15 2));
        }
        
    }

    locationInMesh (10 10 10); // Offset from (0 0 0) to avoid
                                     // coinciding with face or edge
}

snapControls
{
    explicitFeatureSnap    true;
}

addLayersControls
{
    layers
    {
        "(rotating|fixed)"
        {
            nSurfaceLayers 2;
        }
    }

    relativeSizes       true; // false, usually with firstLayerThickness
    expansionRatio      1.2;
    finalLayerThickness 0.5;
    minThickness        1e-3;
//  firstLayerThickness 0.01;

//  maxThicknessToMedialRatio 0.6;
}

meshQualityControls
{
//    minTetQuality -1e+30;
}

writeFlags
(
    scalarLevels
    layerSets
    layerFields
);

mergeTolerance 1e-6;

// ************************************************************************* //

PLease help!