[OpenFOAM] Getting dimensions from openfoam fields

Paulo SPS · August 9, 2019, 11:18

Hi there,
is it possible to access the dimensions of fields from openfoam in paraview?

We declare the dimension of fields in initialization (eg for Temperature:

Code:

dimensions      [ 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 ];

) but then it is not possible to access it in paraView?

It is usually easy to figure the unit out but I was wondering if there was a direct way of accessing it for post processing.

Cheers

Carlo_P · August 20, 2019, 06:25

Yes Paolo.
It is possible, yo have to run paraFoam -builtin

Then you will have the possibility to tip add dimensional units to array names.

You can check my immage. This immage shows Pa because it is a result from a rhoSimpleFoam simulation.

Cheers,
Carlo

August 9, 2019, 11:18	Getting dimensions from openfoam fields	#1
Paulo SPS New Member Join Date: Oct 2017 Posts: 14 Rep Power: 9	Hi there, is it possible to access the dimensions of fields from openfoam in paraview? We declare the dimension of fields in initialization (eg for Temperature: Code: dimensions [ 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 ]; ) but then it is not possible to access it in paraView? It is usually easy to figure the unit out but I was wondering if there was a direct way of accessing it for post processing. Cheers

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