From Pointwise to OpenFOAM

Naruto · January 20, 2013, 22:11

Hello,
Currently I am trying to integrate OpenFOAM with Pointwise. I drew my geometry in Mechanical AutoCAD 2013. Then I did the meshing in pointwise. When I tried to run OpenFOAM I got the following error message. That is :
Create time

Create polyMesh for time = 0

--> FOAM FATAL ERROR:
Cannot find file "points" in directory "polyMesh" in times 0 down to constant

From function Time::findInstance(const fileName&, const word&, const IOobject::readOption, const word&)
in file db/Time/findInstance.C at line 188.

Could anybody give a solution?

steezorigineez · January 23, 2013, 18:26

Hello Naruto,

Have you exported your mesh from Pointwise in the openFoam format with your boundary conditions applied? It appears your error is telling you that it can't find one of the necessary mesh files.

Naruto · January 26, 2013, 12:42

Thanks for the reply. Yeah I exported the boundary conditions too. It did not work. But I figured it out. At first I did the meshing for Fluent. Then I converted the mesh in OpenFOAM. It worked fine.

I guess I have to do things the hard way.

jchawner · January 27, 2013, 17:25

Naruto:

If you're still experiencing problems with Pointwise's interface to OpenFOAM it would be helpful if you could contact our tech support team so that we can resolve the issue. You can email them at support@pointwise.com.

Thanks.

ingarcia1703 · July 16, 2013, 19:47

Naruto I'm having the same problem currently, I tried to import a mesh by using "SalomeMeca" into OpenFoam but the same exact error message appeared, I'm wondering if maybe anyone knows how can I solve it by using "Salome Meca".

Thank You very much.

January 20, 2013, 22:11	From Pointwise to OpenFOAM	#1
Naruto Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 62 Rep Power: 14	Hello, Currently I am trying to integrate OpenFOAM with Pointwise. I drew my geometry in Mechanical AutoCAD 2013. Then I did the meshing in pointwise. When I tried to run OpenFOAM I got the following error message. That is : Create time Create polyMesh for time = 0 --> FOAM FATAL ERROR: Cannot find file "points" in directory "polyMesh" in times 0 down to constant From function Time::findInstance(const fileName&, const word&, const IOobject::readOption, const word&) in file db/Time/findInstance.C at line 188. Could anybody give a solution?

January 23, 2013, 18:26		#2
steezorigineez New Member Ian Pond Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 11 Rep Power: 13	Hello Naruto, Have you exported your mesh from Pointwise in the openFoam format with your boundary conditions applied? It appears your error is telling you that it can't find one of the necessary mesh files. Naruto likes this.

January 27, 2013, 17:25		#4
jchawner Senior Member John Chawner Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Fort Worth, Texas, USA Posts: 275 Rep Power: 18	Naruto: If you're still experiencing problems with Pointwise's interface to OpenFOAM it would be helpful if you could contact our tech support team so that we can resolve the issue. You can email them at support@pointwise.com. Thanks. __________________ John Chawner / jrc@pointwise.com / www.pointwise.com Blog: http://blog.pointwise.com/ on Twitter: @jchawner

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January 26, 2013, 12:42		#3
Naruto Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 62 Rep Power: 14	Thanks for the reply. Yeah I exported the boundary conditions too. It did not work. But I figured it out. At first I did the meshing for Fluent. Then I converted the mesh in OpenFOAM. It worked fine. I guess I have to do things the hard way.

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ingarcia1703 New Member Luis Fernando Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 14 Rep Power: 13	Naruto I'm having the same problem currently, I tried to import a mesh by using "SalomeMeca" into OpenFoam but the same exact error message appeared, I'm wondering if maybe anyone knows how can I solve it by using "Salome Meca". Thank You very much.