[OpenFOAM] What are Zones used for

tj22 · May 17, 2006, 14:09

I can successfully view the internal mesh and scalars with my reader, but I am unsure what the pointZones, faceZones, and cellZones, are used for in the icoDyFoam/mixer2D. What/how are these files used?

mattijs · May 17, 2006, 14:30

They contain sets of points/faces/cells.

In the mixer case they e.g. give the cells on the inside of the mixer (so the ones that rotate) and e.g. the faces that are being projected onto eachother.

tj22 · May 17, 2006, 17:36

Let me rephrase my question. Do I need these for the paraview reader? Do you use these in parafoam?

Also how about the mesh modifier do I need those for paraview?

I guess I am a little confused as to what files are necessary to visualize versus those that are necessary to calculate.

mattijs · May 18, 2006, 04:43

faceZones/cellZones are selections of faces/cells. These are sometimes interesting to look at. You do not need them per se.

meshModifiers are not nessecary for visualization.

You need
- points
- faces
- owner
- neighbour
- boundary

tj22 · May 18, 2006, 10:22

Thanks that answers alot. So in parafoam do you all visualize cellzones, facezones and pointzones?

chris1980 · September 4, 2006, 06:43

Is there a way to visualize faceZones ?

hjasak · September 4, 2006, 06:45

It used to work in dxFoam (in fact, it still does), but I don't know how to do it in paraview. Any suggestions are welcome.

Hrv

olesen · September 4, 2006, 06:49

Assuming that you have setSet compiled, it automatically generates VTK output (unless you specify '-noVTK').

BTW: You can partial automate the process - just pipe in your desired commands via stdin into setSet.

/mark

mattijs · September 5, 2006, 06:21

foamToVTK does faceZones.

(btw. setSet has -batch option which reads file)

May 17, 2006, 14:09	What are Zones used for	#1
tj22 Member Terry Jordan Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 95 Rep Power: 17	I can successfully view the internal mesh and scalars with my reader, but I am unsure what the pointZones, faceZones, and cellZones, are used for in the icoDyFoam/mixer2D. What/how are these files used?

May 17, 2006, 14:30	They contain sets of points/fa	#2
mattijs Senior Member Mattijs Janssens Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,419 Rep Power: 26	They contain sets of points/faces/cells. In the mixer case they e.g. give the cells on the inside of the mixer (so the ones that rotate) and e.g. the faces that are being projected onto eachother.

May 17, 2006, 17:36	Let me rephrase my question.	#3
tj22 Member Terry Jordan Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 95 Rep Power: 17	Let me rephrase my question. Do I need these for the paraview reader? Do you use these in parafoam? Also how about the mesh modifier do I need those for paraview? I guess I am a little confused as to what files are necessary to visualize versus those that are necessary to calculate.

May 18, 2006, 04:43	faceZones/cellZones are select	#4
mattijs Senior Member Mattijs Janssens Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,419 Rep Power: 26	faceZones/cellZones are selections of faces/cells. These are sometimes interesting to look at. You do not need them per se. meshModifiers are not nessecary for visualization. You need - points - faces - owner - neighbour - boundary

May 18, 2006, 10:22	Thanks that answers alot. So	#5
tj22 Member Terry Jordan Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 95 Rep Power: 17	Thanks that answers alot. So in parafoam do you all visualize cellzones, facezones and pointzones?

September 4, 2006, 06:43	Is there a way to visualize fa	#6
chris1980 Member chris book Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 85 Rep Power: 17	Is there a way to visualize faceZones ?

September 4, 2006, 06:45	It used to work in dxFoam (in	#7
hjasak Senior Member Hrvoje Jasak Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: London, England Posts: 1,907 Rep Power: 33	It used to work in dxFoam (in fact, it still does), but I don't know how to do it in paraview. Any suggestions are welcome. Hrv __________________ Hrvoje Jasak Providing commercial FOAM/OpenFOAM and CFD Consulting: http://wikki.co.uk

September 4, 2006, 06:49	Assuming that you have setSet	#8
olesen Senior Member Mark Olesen Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: https://olesenm.github.io/ Posts: 1,715 Rep Power: 40	Assuming that you have setSet compiled, it automatically generates VTK output (unless you specify '-noVTK'). BTW: You can partial automate the process - just pipe in your desired commands via stdin into setSet. /mark

September 5, 2006, 06:21	foamToVTK does faceZones. (	#9
mattijs Senior Member Mattijs Janssens Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,419 Rep Power: 26	foamToVTK does faceZones. (btw. setSet has -batch option which reads file)

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