Patchfield Entry

jhanson2 · September 26, 2017, 19:34

I'm trying to run renumberMesh. I keep getting the below error.

It says it can't find hte patchField entry for symFront. I don't know what either of these things are. I've googled "patchfield openfoam" and "symfront openfoam" and I'm not getting a lot of direction. Can anyone tell me why these are related why they cause errors.

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--> FOAM FATAL IO ERROR:
Cannot find patchField entry for symFront

file: /home/jackhansonjr/OpenFOAM/openfoam5/tutorials/incompressible/pimpleDyMFoam/Torpedo/0/p.boundaryField from line 27 to line 21.

From function void Foam::GeometricField<Type, PatchField, GeoMesh>::Boundary::readField(const Foam:

imensionedField<TypeR, GeoMesh>&, const Foam::dictionary&) [with Type = double; PatchField = Foam::fvPatchField; GeoMesh = Foam::volMesh]
in file /home/ubuntu/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-5.0/src/OpenFOAM/lnInclude/GeometricBoundaryField.C at line 191.

FOAM exiting

"

nandhakumar · September 27, 2017, 02:29

Hello

It seems your boundary condition and boundary patches are not matching. Check properly your boundary condition and also constant/polymesh/boundary file.

If you have give patch for any faces you should give valid patch boundary condition. For wall faces you need to define it as wall and wall boundary condition need to be used. If you given patch in boundary file and given a wall boundary condition , the solver will say 'cannot find patchField entry' since it was mentioned as patch in boundary file.

Hope you got it.

Thank you.

September 26, 2017, 19:34	Patchfield Entry	#1
jhanson2 New Member Jack Hanson Join Date: Sep 2017 Posts: 5 Rep Power: 9	I'm trying to run renumberMesh. I keep getting the below error. It says it can't find hte patchField entry for symFront. I don't know what either of these things are. I've googled "patchfield openfoam" and "symfront openfoam" and I'm not getting a lot of direction. Can anyone tell me why these are related why they cause errors. " --> FOAM FATAL IO ERROR: Cannot find patchField entry for symFront file: /home/jackhansonjr/OpenFOAM/openfoam5/tutorials/incompressible/pimpleDyMFoam/Torpedo/0/p.boundaryField from line 27 to line 21. From function void Foam::GeometricField<Type, PatchField, GeoMesh>::Boundary::readField(const Foam:imensionedField<TypeR, GeoMesh>&, const Foam::dictionary&) [with Type = double; PatchField = Foam::fvPatchField; GeoMesh = Foam::volMesh] in file /home/ubuntu/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-5.0/src/OpenFOAM/lnInclude/GeometricBoundaryField.C at line 191. FOAM exiting "

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September 27, 2017, 02:29		#2
nandhakumar New Member CFDfreak Join Date: Dec 2016 Posts: 15 Rep Power: 9	Hello It seems your boundary condition and boundary patches are not matching. Check properly your boundary condition and also constant/polymesh/boundary file. If you have give patch for any faces you should give valid patch boundary condition. For wall faces you need to define it as wall and wall boundary condition need to be used. If you given patch in boundary file and given a wall boundary condition , the solver will say 'cannot find patchField entry' since it was mentioned as patch in boundary file. Hope you got it. Thank you.