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titio · July 21, 2009, 08:36

Hi Foamers,

I am puzzled, and can say dissapointed by the discovery of the huge differences that exist between the public version and the development version. I believe this is limiting a faster development of the code and of its users base. I know that it is not easy to develop good code, but, in this way it may seem that some people is hidding new developments from other people, or limiting the development of OpenFoam by any other reasons.

Regards,

Titio

johndeas · July 21, 2009, 09:05

The -dev is not a development version of what you find on the OpenCFD website. It is a separate project, you can find more info on this forum. The teams behind OpenCFD and -dev are separate and do not work closely.

Or I have not understood it well myself.

alberto · July 21, 2009, 12:54

John is right. The two versions are developed and maintained by two separate groups. I know there is an effort to base the -dev version on the one from OpenCFD though, so the common base should be very similar if not identical.

This said, even if I don't find the situation ideal at all myself, I also think developers can do what they like with their code, and users are free to use it or not, choosing according to their needs.

henrik · July 21, 2009, 14:17

Dear Titio,

the OpenFOAM-extend admins are working towards making the situation more transparent to users, especially new ones. In the meantime, please have a look at this presentation held at the OpenFOAM Workshop in Montreal

http://www.openfoamworkshop.org/2009...OAM_extend.pdf

There are also many threads on this forum that deal with this topic.

Regards, Henrik

PaGgiE · June 14, 2010, 11:24

Hi,

I am a newbie to OpenFOAM. I am getting started with a case of an obstacle in path of fluid flow. As known, OpenFOAM is open source. But I am not able to locate where the codes of different functions, which are used in the solvers, are written?
eg. in icoFOAM solver, the function adjustPhi(), solve() are used.
similarly in other solvers also.

Someone guide me through it please.

Gaurav

alberto · June 14, 2010, 14:12

Hi,

you can use the Doxygen documentation to look for functions, or simply do a search inside the files using KDE or GNOME functionalities for example.

For adjustPhi:

For solve method, start from here, for example: http://foam.sourceforge.net/doc/Doxy...93626ca630a050

Best,

PaGgiE · June 16, 2010, 06:47

Thanks for the help Alberto.

July 21, 2009, 08:36	puzzled	#1
titio Senior Member Antonio Martins Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Porto, Porto, Portugal Posts: 112 Rep Power: 17	Hi Foamers, I am puzzled, and can say dissapointed by the discovery of the huge differences that exist between the public version and the development version. I believe this is limiting a faster development of the code and of its users base. I know that it is not easy to develop good code, but, in this way it may seem that some people is hidding new developments from other people, or limiting the development of OpenFoam by any other reasons. Regards, Titio

July 21, 2009, 12:54		#3
alberto Senior Member Alberto Passalacqua Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Ames, Iowa, United States Posts: 1,912 Rep Power: 36	John is right. The two versions are developed and maintained by two separate groups. I know there is an effort to base the -dev version on the one from OpenCFD though, so the common base should be very similar if not identical. This said, even if I don't find the situation ideal at all myself, I also think developers can do what they like with their code, and users are free to use it or not, choosing according to their needs. __________________ Alberto Passalacqua GeekoCFD - A free distribution based on openSUSE 64 bit with CFD tools, including OpenFOAM. Available as in both physical and virtual formats (current status: http://albertopassalacqua.com/?p=1541) OpenQBMM - An open-source implementation of quadrature-based moment methods. To obtain more accurate answers, please specify the version of OpenFOAM you are using.

June 14, 2010, 11:24	A Question about source codes	#5
PaGgiE New Member Gaurav Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bangalore, India Posts: 12 Rep Power: 16	Hi, I am a newbie to OpenFOAM. I am getting started with a case of an obstacle in path of fluid flow. As known, OpenFOAM is open source. But I am not able to locate where the codes of different functions, which are used in the solvers, are written? eg. in icoFOAM solver, the function adjustPhi(), solve() are used. similarly in other solvers also. Someone guide me through it please. Gaurav

June 14, 2010, 14:12		#6
alberto Senior Member Alberto Passalacqua Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Ames, Iowa, United States Posts: 1,912 Rep Power: 36	Hi, you can use the Doxygen documentation to look for functions, or simply do a search inside the files using KDE or GNOME functionalities for example. For adjustPhi: http://foam.sourceforge.net/doc/Doxy...8H_source.html http://foam.sourceforge.net/doc/Doxy...8C_source.html For solve method, start from here, for example: http://foam.sourceforge.net/doc/Doxy...93626ca630a050 Best, __________________ Alberto Passalacqua GeekoCFD - A free distribution based on openSUSE 64 bit with CFD tools, including OpenFOAM. Available as in both physical and virtual formats (current status: http://albertopassalacqua.com/?p=1541) OpenQBMM - An open-source implementation of quadrature-based moment methods. To obtain more accurate answers, please specify the version of OpenFOAM you are using.

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July 21, 2009, 09:05		#2
johndeas Senior Member John Deas Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 160 Rep Power: 17	The -dev is not a development version of what you find on the OpenCFD website. It is a separate project, you can find more info on this forum. The teams behind OpenCFD and -dev are separate and do not work closely. Or I have not understood it well myself.

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henrik Senior Member Henrik Rusche Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Wernigerode, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany Posts: 281 Rep Power: 18	Dear Titio, the OpenFOAM-extend admins are working towards making the situation more transparent to users, especially new ones. In the meantime, please have a look at this presentation held at the OpenFOAM Workshop in Montreal http://www.openfoamworkshop.org/2009...OAM_extend.pdf There are also many threads on this forum that deal with this topic. Regards, Henrik

June 16, 2010, 06:47		#7
PaGgiE New Member Gaurav Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bangalore, India Posts: 12 Rep Power: 16	Thanks for the help Alberto.