Compiler problem?

Tanay · May 27, 2011, 05:46

Hello people,
I think I have a compiler problem when I'm running the tutorials cavity in pisoFoam (ras) and cavityClipped in icoFoam. For example when I use "$ mapFields ../cavity" command in the latter, I get-
--> FOAM FATAL ERROR:
Cannot find file "points" in directory "polyMesh" in times 0.5 down to constant

From function Time::findInstance(const fileName&, const word&, const IOobject::readOption)
in file db/Time/findInstance.C at line 175.

FOAM exiting
My versions of OpenFOAM and Paraview are 1.7.1 & 3.8.1 respectively. What should I do?

nimasam · May 27, 2011, 10:56

did you use the blockMesh command to create geometry?

Tanay · May 27, 2011, 13:42

Thanks, yeah, I had. Apparently it hadn't worked due to some reason. I quit the terminal and repeated the "$blockMesh" command. Then, I encountered no glitches. So basically, if OpenFOAM has been installed properly, there shouldn't be any C++ compiler problems while running it, right?
P.S.- This post is quite silly now, I should probably remove it.

nimasam · May 28, 2011, 05:45

Above error said that points has not been found so it mightbe not created yet!

so probable mistake could be that you forget to use blockMesh command

besides if you in doubt that the openFOAM has been installed properly or not
go to bin directory and use
./foamInstallationTest
and check configuration

May 27, 2011, 05:46	Compiler problem?	#1
Tanay New Member Tanay Deshpande Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 20 Rep Power: 16	Hello people, I think I have a compiler problem when I'm running the tutorials cavity in pisoFoam (ras) and cavityClipped in icoFoam. For example when I use "$ mapFields ../cavity" command in the latter, I get- --> FOAM FATAL ERROR: Cannot find file "points" in directory "polyMesh" in times 0.5 down to constant From function Time::findInstance(const fileName&, const word&, const IOobject::readOption) in file db/Time/findInstance.C at line 175. FOAM exiting My versions of OpenFOAM and Paraview are 1.7.1 & 3.8.1 respectively. What should I do?

May 27, 2011, 10:56		#2
nimasam Senior Member Nima Samkhaniani Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Tehran, Iran Posts: 1,267 Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 25	did you use the blockMesh command to create geometry? AviSh likes this.

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May 27, 2011, 13:42		#3
Tanay New Member Tanay Deshpande Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 20 Rep Power: 16	Thanks, yeah, I had. Apparently it hadn't worked due to some reason. I quit the terminal and repeated the "$blockMesh" command. Then, I encountered no glitches. So basically, if OpenFOAM has been installed properly, there shouldn't be any C++ compiler problems while running it, right? P.S.- This post is quite silly now, I should probably remove it.

May 28, 2011, 05:45		#4
nimasam Senior Member Nima Samkhaniani Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Tehran, Iran Posts: 1,267 Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 25	Above error said that points has not been found so it mightbe not created yet! so probable mistake could be that you forget to use blockMesh command besides if you in doubt that the openFOAM has been installed properly or not go to bin directory and use ./foamInstallationTest and check configuration