[mikethe1wheelnut]

[..this is a continuation, technically, of Modelling a flow contaning a heat conducting object.]


Post-processing gives problems:

eriadar@eriadar-Latitude-E7440:~/OpenFOAM/eriadar-2112/run/tutorials/mesh/snappyHexMesh/snappyMultiRegionHeater$ paraFoam
Invalid $PV_PLUGIN_PATH and -plugin-path= not defined
No supplementary ParaView/OpenFOAM reader modules
Using builtin reader: paraFoam -vtk

/usr/lib/openfoam/openfoam2112/bin/paraFoam: 423: paraview: not found

One solution is here: ParaView Error When Trying to Open on Terminal, and another https://stackoverflow.com/questions/...m-and-touch-fu.


But I already have paraview installed from when I first installed openform.org. This solution: paraFoam command not working (installed openFoam from source + its Third-party) seems closer, but:

eriadar@eriadar-Latitude-E7440:~/OpenFOAM/eriadar-2112/run/tutorials/mesh/snappyHexMesh/snappyMultiRegionHeater$ paraFoam -built in

Error encountered:
    Unknown option/argument: 'in'

See 'paraFoam -help' for usage

eriadar@eriadar-Latitude-E7440:~/OpenFOAM/eriadar-2112/run/tutorials/mesh/snappyHexMesh/snappyMultiRegionHeater$ paraFoam -builtin
/usr/lib/openfoam/openfoam2112/bin/paraFoam: 423: paraview: not found

Trying "which" gives:

eriadar@eriadar-Latitude-E7440:~/OpenFOAM/eriadar-2112/run/tutorials/mesh/snappyHexMesh/snappyMultiRegionHeater$ which paraFoam
/usr/lib/openfoam/openfoam2112/bin/paraFoam
eriadar@eriadar-Latitude-E7440:~/OpenFOAM/eriadar-2112/run/tutorials/mesh/snappyHexMesh/snappyMultiRegionHeater$ which paraView
eriadar@eriadar-Latitude-E7440:~/OpenFOAM/eriadar-2112/run/tutorials/mesh/snappyHexMesh/snappyMultiRegionHeater$ which paraview
eriadar@eriadar-Latitude-E7440:~/OpenFOAM/eriadar-2112/run/tutorials/mesh/snappyHexMesh/snappyMultiRegionHeater$

..which seems to indicate that paraview -isn't- in fact there. (which is wrong)

echo $ParaView_DIR

gives nothing:

eriadar@eriadar-Latitude-E7440:~/OpenFOAM/eriadar-2112/run/tutorials/mesh/snappyHexMesh/snappyMultiRegionHeater$ echo $ParaView_DIR

eriadar@eriadar-Latitude-E7440:~/OpenFOAM/eriadar-2112/run/tutorials/mesh/snappyHexMesh/snappyMultiRegionHeater$

..but:

echo $ParaView_LIB_DIR

does!

eriadar@eriadar-Latitude-E7440:~/OpenFOAM/eriadar-2112/run/tutorials/mesh/snappyHexMesh/snappyMultiRegionHeater$ echo $ParaView_LIB_DIR
/opt/paraviewopenfoam56/lib

..that's enough of a mouth-full for now, heading out for some air..


-new information:


When I went back to the openfoam 9 tutorials and called paraFoam, it suddenly can't find it anymore. but when I now put in:


source /opt/openfoam9/etc/bashrc



, it works again. So paraview is there, but switching the source that gets called doesn't "carry" the paraview link along with it..


(I've also now realized that this is in the wrong sub-forum. it should be in "installation". but I don't know how to move it..)

[Yann]

Hi Michael,

There are actually 2 OpenFOAM readers for ParaView: the native reader available in ParaView and the one included with OpenFOAM (aka paraFoam).

You can load your OpenFOAM cases in ParaView without using paraFoam (actually I did not use paraFoam for years now)

In the ESI-OpenCFD branch (openfoam.com) there is a will to get rid of the paraFoam reader to focus on the native reader. They have been working with Kitware do improve the native reader in ParaView-5.10 and this work should keep on going for the next releases.

Here is a bit more information (shamelessly took from Mark Olesen posts):
https://discourse.paraview.org/t/i-w...uld-i-use/7232
https://develop.openfoam.com/Develop...raview-plugins

Regards,
Yann

[mikethe1wheelnut]

Originally Posted by Yann

Hi Michael,

There are actually 2 OpenFOAM readers for ParaView: the native reader available in ParaView and the one included with OpenFOAM (aka paraFoam).

You can load your OpenFOAM cases in ParaView without using paraFoam (actually I did not use paraFoam for years now)

In the ESI-OpenCFD branch (openfoam.com) there is a will to get rid of the paraFoam reader to focus on the native reader. They have been working with Kitware do improve the native reader in ParaView-5.10 and this work should keep on going for the next releases.

Here is a bit more information (shamelessly took from Mark Olesen posts):
https://discourse.paraview.org/t/i-w...uld-i-use/7232
https://develop.openfoam.com/Develop...raview-plugins

Regards,
Yann

hehe.. I actually recognize those links. ..it's quite possible that the first one was part of my motivation for finally downloading paraview. Perhaps the time has come to study them more completely? So, thank's for confirming that what I finally did is considered the correct solution! (And apologies for not having included that as an update to my post..) ...if only it worked.. ..but that can be the subject of a different question if I can't figure it out