FOAM FATAL ERROR: No surfaces specified/found for entry: cylinder.stl

unseen123 · April 3, 2021, 12:17

I'm getting this error on running the surfaceFeatureExtract command.

--> FOAM FATAL ERROR: (openfoam-2012) No surfaces specified/found for entry: cylinder.stl From int main(int, char**) in file surfaceFeatureExtract.C at line 305. FOAM exiting

erickmartinez · April 24, 2021, 05:19

Make sure you have your cylinder.stl file in your constant/triSurface directory. Also what is your surfaceFeaturesExtractDict?

sreimer18 · July 20, 2021, 19:33

Hi, were you able to figure out the issue? I'm getting the same error following a tutorial and can't figure it out. As per the first comment, the cylinder.stl is in the TriSurface Folder, etc.

Here's the tutorial if you're wondering, seems like a great tutorial for importing CAD models but I just got stuck at this part: https://youtu.be/oc4V79F78AQ

Thanks

Yann · July 21, 2021, 05:18

Hi Samuel,

You need to give more information about what you are doing: which OpenFOAM version do you use, what is inside you surfaceFeatureExtractDict, where is located your stl file, etc...

As for now, the only thing we can say is: the file in missing in the constant/triSurface directory, as stated in the error message. You will probably not get more help without giving more inputs about what you are doing.

Since linux is case-sensitive, be careful about the names of you files and directories (for instance: "triSurface" and not "TriSurface")

Cheers,
Yann

sreimer18 · July 21, 2021, 14:31

Hi Yann,

Apologies, I typed triSurface in wrong here (cases were right in the terminal). Figured out the issue though, if anyone else has this issue make sure the stl file being referenced is renamed "file.stl" rather than how it saves as "file.STL".

remideprez · September 4, 2023, 12:19

Hello!

Thanks erickmartinez! Put the (object).obj file in the constant/triSurface directory worked for me! Note that the triSurface directory didn't exist in the motorBike tuto (openFOAM 2306), and the youtube tuto I watched put the (object).obj in a "geometry" folder...

Siddhartha01 · November 10, 2023, 10:59

Hello,
I am currently using OpenFOAM-v2112. I have been trying to run motorBike tutorial. But as I run surfaceFeatureExtract. An error pops up

--> FOAM FATAL ERROR: (openfoam-2112 patch=220610)
No surfaces specified/found for entry: motorBike.obj

From int main(int, char**)
in file surfaceFeatureExtract.C at line 308.
Have anyone faced this problem

papaji · July 31, 2024, 11:35

I faced this problem few times. First time I was trying to launch the tutorial case. this was resoled by launching the bash file: bash ./Allrun.PRE.
Further check the file extension in terminal. The file should be "file.stl"

April 3, 2021, 12:17	FOAM FATAL ERROR: No surfaces specified/found for entry: cylinder.stl	#1
unseen123 New Member unseen Join Date: Apr 2021 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	I'm getting this error on running the surfaceFeatureExtract command. --> FOAM FATAL ERROR: (openfoam-2012) No surfaces specified/found for entry: cylinder.stl From int main(int, char**) in file surfaceFeatureExtract.C at line 305. FOAM exiting

July 21, 2021, 14:31		#5
sreimer18 New Member Samuel Reimer Join Date: Jul 2021 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Hi Yann, Apologies, I typed triSurface in wrong here (cases were right in the terminal). Figured out the issue though, if anyone else has this issue make sure the stl file being referenced is renamed "file.stl" rather than how it saves as "file.STL". Yann, willmccullough and Cleo09 like this.

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April 24, 2021, 05:19		#2
erickmartinez New Member Erick D. Martinez Join Date: Oct 2020 Location: Texas Posts: 29 Rep Power: 6	Make sure you have your cylinder.stl file in your constant/triSurface directory. Also what is your surfaceFeaturesExtractDict?

July 20, 2021, 19:33		#3
sreimer18 New Member Samuel Reimer Join Date: Jul 2021 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Hi, were you able to figure out the issue? I'm getting the same error following a tutorial and can't figure it out. As per the first comment, the cylinder.stl is in the TriSurface Folder, etc. Here's the tutorial if you're wondering, seems like a great tutorial for importing CAD models but I just got stuck at this part: https://youtu.be/oc4V79F78AQ Thanks

July 21, 2021, 05:18		#4
Yann Senior Member Yann Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: France Posts: 1,206 Rep Power: 28	Hi Samuel, You need to give more information about what you are doing: which OpenFOAM version do you use, what is inside you surfaceFeatureExtractDict, where is located your stl file, etc... As for now, the only thing we can say is: the file in missing in the constant/triSurface directory, as stated in the error message. You will probably not get more help without giving more inputs about what you are doing. Since linux is case-sensitive, be careful about the names of you files and directories (for instance: "triSurface" and not "TriSurface") Cheers, Yann

September 4, 2023, 12:19		#6
remideprez New Member remi deprez Join Date: Sep 2023 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Hello! Thanks erickmartinez! Put the (object).obj file in the constant/triSurface directory worked for me! Note that the triSurface directory didn't exist in the motorBike tuto (openFOAM 2306), and the youtube tuto I watched put the (object).obj in a "geometry" folder...

November 10, 2023, 10:59		#7
Siddhartha01 New Member Siddhartha Mukharjee Join Date: Jul 2022 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Hello, I am currently using OpenFOAM-v2112. I have been trying to run motorBike tutorial. But as I run surfaceFeatureExtract. An error pops up --> FOAM FATAL ERROR: (openfoam-2112 patch=220610) No surfaces specified/found for entry: motorBike.obj From int main(int, char**) in file surfaceFeatureExtract.C at line 308. Have anyone faced this problem

July 31, 2024, 11:35		#8
papaji New Member BabuG Join Date: May 2024 Posts: 15 Rep Power: 2	I faced this problem few times. First time I was trying to launch the tutorial case. this was resoled by launching the bash file: bash ./Allrun.PRE. Further check the file extension in terminal. The file should be "file.stl"