GUI for OpenFOAM

devanson · February 11, 2011, 02:30

Hi All,
I am eagerly looking for GUI for OpenFOAM? Is there any? And is it available as opensource or paid commerical package?

nimasam · February 11, 2011, 03:24

openFoam had a GUI in previous models called foamx but now descritizer can be assumed as a GUI for openFoam hardly!

gschaider · February 11, 2011, 06:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by devanson

Hi All,
I am eagerly looking for GUI for OpenFOAM? Is there any? And is it available as opensource or paid commerical package?

What's wrong with Emacs? The most flexible GUI on earth for editing OF-parameter files. Meshing is a bit harder

Seriously: http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/GUI might be a start (if you find anything else be so nice and extend it)

salvoblack · February 11, 2011, 06:24

what is emacs???
i think that discretizaer is difficult to learn for new foamers!!!

gschaider · February 11, 2011, 06:36

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Originally Posted by salvoblack

what is emacs???
i think that discretizaer is difficult to learn for new foamers!!!

Emacs ist the perfect GUI for almost everything except gaming (if you can't do it in Emacs then it IS gaming): http://tinyurl.com/6ehbn45

mbeaudoin · February 11, 2011, 08:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by gschaider

Emacs ist the perfect GUI for almost everything except gaming (if you can't do it in Emacs then it IS gaming): http://tinyurl.com/6ehbn45

I beg to differ: http://www.nongnu.org/nethack-el/

Martin

gschaider · February 11, 2011, 08:27

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Originally Posted by mbeaudoin

I beg to differ: http://www.nongnu.org/nethack-el/

Martin, that is not a good example as you know: nethack is not a game, it is the only manifestation of the "real world" inside of the matrix.

But I didn't know this specific manifestation. Cool

l_r_mcglashan · February 11, 2011, 11:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by gschaider

Emacs ist the perfect GUI for almost everything except gaming (if you can't do it in Emacs then it IS gaming): http://tinyurl.com/6ehbn45

How big is your emacs pinky?

Bylund · February 12, 2011, 12:39

I use Komodo Edit for editing.

I just create a komodo project in the case folder and then every case file is just a click away.

Works with Windows, Mac and Linux. And its a free download.

http://www.activestate.com/komodo-edit

devanson · February 13, 2011, 00:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by nimasam

openFoam had a GUI in previous models called foamx but now descritizer can be assumed as a GUI for openFoam hardly!

hi nimasam, isn't discritizer is a meshing tool. Can we do analysis in OF using this tool?

Sorry, I am new to this world.

wyldckat · February 13, 2011, 08:22

Greetings to all!

@Devanson: the Discretizer package has two GUI applications:

Discretizer: dedicated for drawing the geometry and meshing it using Discretizer's meshing techniques.
Discretizer::Setup or Discretizer-Setup: dedicated to pre-processing and running cases. I'm not sure what are the current limitations, but last time I checked, it still wasn't fully operational.

Browse http://www.discretizer.org and watch the various screen casts available there, to get a better notion of what you can do with it.

As for other GUI's for OpenFOAM, you better search this forum for the keywords "GUI OpenFOAM" and also "Discretizer" for more about it. There are a few other GUI's out there, some paid, some free, but I don't know if there is any that can fully explore OpenFOAM's capabilities.
So sooner or later, you'll need to go down to the terminal and use your favourite text editor (not word processor) to modify and run your cases. This is why many of the replies where "text editor" related

.

edit: I didn't know about this, but there is already a compiled list at openfoamwiki.net: http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/GUI

Best regards,
Bruno

Martin Hegedus · February 13, 2011, 14:35

http://www.symscape.com/

hohmeyer · September 11, 2023, 14:31

Please also take a look at Ennova CFD (www.ennova-cfd.com). It has CAD import, CAD cleanup, mesh generation, a GUI to set up OpenFOAM boundary conditions and other dictionary files, plus post-processing based on VTK (the same technology as Paraview). The mesh generation types include topology based as well as octtree based (like Snappyhex). Boundary layer generation. Polyhedral meshes as well as tet + prism. Full diagnostics on the mesh are available including quality, skewness, orthogonality and others. Ploting of bad elements and cut planes of the mesh are available.
Several tutorial videos are available at https://ennova-cfd.com/tutorial-videos.html and https://www.youtube.com/@wolfdynamics5703

February 11, 2011, 02:30	GUI for OpenFOAM	#1
devanson New Member Dinesh Babu Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Bangalore Posts: 23 Rep Power: 16	Hi All, I am eagerly looking for GUI for OpenFOAM? Is there any? And is it available as opensource or paid commerical package?

February 12, 2011, 12:39		#9
Bylund New Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 16	I use Komodo Edit for editing. I just create a komodo project in the case folder and then every case file is just a click away. Works with Windows, Mac and Linux. And its a free download. http://www.activestate.com/komodo-edit __________________ Mechanical Engineer

February 13, 2011, 08:22		#11
wyldckat Retired Super Moderator Bruno Santos Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Lisbon, Portugal Posts: 10,981 Blog Entries: 45 Rep Power: 128	Greetings to all! @Devanson: the Discretizer package has two GUI applications: Discretizer: dedicated for drawing the geometry and meshing it using Discretizer's meshing techniques. Discretizer::Setup or Discretizer-Setup: dedicated to pre-processing and running cases. I'm not sure what are the current limitations, but last time I checked, it still wasn't fully operational. Browse http://www.discretizer.org and watch the various screen casts available there, to get a better notion of what you can do with it. As for other GUI's for OpenFOAM, you better search this forum for the keywords "GUI OpenFOAM" and also "Discretizer" for more about it. There are a few other GUI's out there, some paid, some free, but I don't know if there is any that can fully explore OpenFOAM's capabilities. So sooner or later, you'll need to go down to the terminal and use your favourite text editor (not word processor) to modify and run your cases. This is why many of the replies where "text editor" related . edit: I didn't know about this, but there is already a compiled list at openfoamwiki.net: http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/GUI Best regards, Bruno __________________ OpenFOAM: FAQ \| Getting started Forum: How to get help, to post code/output and forum guide Read this before sending me PM Last edited by wyldckat; February 13, 2011 at 12:54. Reason: see "edit:"

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February 11, 2011, 03:24		#2
nimasam Senior Member Nima Samkhaniani Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Tehran, Iran Posts: 1,267 Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 25	openFoam had a GUI in previous models called foamx but now descritizer can be assumed as a GUI for openFoam hardly!

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salvoblack Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Naples Posts: 50 Rep Power: 16	what is emacs??? i think that discretizaer is difficult to learn for new foamers!!!

February 13, 2011, 14:35		#12
Martin Hegedus Senior Member Martin Hegedus Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 500 Rep Power: 19	http://www.symscape.com/

September 11, 2023, 14:31		#13
hohmeyer New Member Michael E. Hohmeyer Join Date: Aug 2023 Posts: 11 Rep Power: 3	Please also take a look at Ennova CFD (www.ennova-cfd.com). It has CAD import, CAD cleanup, mesh generation, a GUI to set up OpenFOAM boundary conditions and other dictionary files, plus post-processing based on VTK (the same technology as Paraview). The mesh generation types include topology based as well as octtree based (like Snappyhex). Boundary layer generation. Polyhedral meshes as well as tet + prism. Full diagnostics on the mesh are available including quality, skewness, orthogonality and others. Ploting of bad elements and cut planes of the mesh are available. Several tutorial videos are available at https://ennova-cfd.com/tutorial-videos.html and https://www.youtube.com/@wolfdynamics5703