Newbie to OpenFoam - meshing questions

monti · December 14, 2010, 11:05

I just found this forum, it seems to be great.

I am very new to OpenFoam and try to understand how to use it. My goal is to simulate a channel with a junction. What I understood so far is, that snappyhexmesh meshes the area around an existing stl-geometry. How can I mesh inside of a geometry represented by a stl-file?

I hope someone can help me

Bye
Mark

idrama · December 22, 2010, 14:38

In your snappyhexmeshdict is keyword called locationinmesh (? ? ?). The components (? ? ?) must point into the region where the mesh is supposed to be. Moreover, search this forum vi the words snappyhexmesh, stl and locationinmesh; somewhere is the exact procedure posted. I used myself.

monti · January 3, 2011, 11:07

Thank you for your response. Happy new year!

I am experimenting a little with gmsh and engrid now since the mesh is easy to view that way. Anyway I am having a hard time to generate a mesh and to create a volume mesh in engrid. I wish there would be a step by step tutorial from pre processing to post processing using gmsh, engrid and open foam.

Bye
Mark

December 14, 2010, 11:05	Newbie to OpenFoam - meshing questions	#1
monti New Member Mark Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 9 Rep Power: 15	I just found this forum, it seems to be great. I am very new to OpenFoam and try to understand how to use it. My goal is to simulate a channel with a junction. What I understood so far is, that snappyhexmesh meshes the area around an existing stl-geometry. How can I mesh inside of a geometry represented by a stl-file? I hope someone can help me Bye Mark

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December 22, 2010, 14:38		#2
idrama Senior Member Claus Meister Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Wiesbaden, Germany Posts: 241 Rep Power: 18	In your snappyhexmeshdict is keyword called locationinmesh (? ? ?). The components (? ? ?) must point into the region where the mesh is supposed to be. Moreover, search this forum vi the words snappyhexmesh, stl and locationinmesh; somewhere is the exact procedure posted. I used myself.

January 3, 2011, 11:07		#3
monti New Member Mark Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 9 Rep Power: 15	Thank you for your response. Happy new year! I am experimenting a little with gmsh and engrid now since the mesh is easy to view that way. Anyway I am having a hard time to generate a mesh and to create a volume mesh in engrid. I wish there would be a step by step tutorial from pre processing to post processing using gmsh, engrid and open foam. Bye Mark