How to set solid name with STL (OpenFOAM) export

[How to set solid name with STL (OpenFOAM) export]

Hi Claus,

 

I think I and many users assign the same color to the surfaces

if we want to set the same boundary conditions on them in our CFD simulations.

 

Here are my ideas.

• If there is only one surface that is assigned one color, we can call the solid of the surface by its surface name.
• If there are some surfaces that are assigned one color, we can call the solid of the surfaces by the name of the surface that appears first in trimesh sources list.

Or,

• it would be very convenient if we can set the color and solid name in the Display / Export Options of trimesh.

 

I think there must be a better way.

I'll welcome any comments or suggestions on above ideas!

 

Thank you for your consideration.

Fumiya

[How to set solid name with STL (OpenFOAM) export]

Hi,

 

Is it possible to define the solid name of STL(OpenFOAM) in CAESES?

The default names are |trimesh0, |trimesh1, and so on.

 

This functionality is not indispensable since we can rename the solid using a script

but it would be very convenient to be able to define STL's solid names.

 

Best Regards,

Fumiya

[How to cut a curve in CAESES]

Hi Steven,

 

Please have a look at the attached file.

I use the "getParameterShortestDistanceSquared" function to get parameters on the curve.

 

Hope this helps,

Fumiya

Cutting_by_points.fdbc

[How to connect two external softwares to CAESES]

Hi Joerg,

 

Thank you for releasing the new version 3.0.4.

I have started using it to test the connection issue.

 

I have a few additional questions about the software connections.

Could you answer the followings?

 

1)If I connect more than two external softwares to CASES and want them

to run automatically, is the following procedure correct?

 

My procedure:

Select several computations from the "Computations & Results" in the

"Connections" tab and click the green triangle button shown in the attached

picture(Force Update / Run on Selected Object(s))

 

2)What determines the order of execution of the external softwares

if I follow the above procedure?

 

Thanks,

Fumiya

[How to connect two external softwares to CAESES]

Hi Joerg,

 

Thank you for your reply and advice.

 

As to the connection issue, I look forward to the next release.

Regarding my question about the file extensions, it is just a rename action as you expect.

I will try using the scripts.

 

Thanks again,

Fumiya

[How to connect two external softwares to CAESES]

Hi Joerg,

 

Thank you for your reply and considerations.

 

I tried your advice and found that the result files of the first computation

are not copied at all.

Is it one of the problems you detected in post #3?

 

I have another question.

OpenFOAM reads the mesh files(boundary, cells, faces, points) and

harpoon is able to output these files with the name attached

(e.g., hoge.boundary, hoge.cells, hoge.faces, hoge.points).

 

Is it possible to read the "hoge.boundary" file by the name of "boundary"

in CAESES? Or, do I have to request the developer of harpoon to change

the functionality?

 

Thanks for your help,

Fumiya

[How to connect two external softwares to CAESES]

Hi,

 

I'd like to know how to connect two external softwares to CAESES.

In particular, I'm trying to connect CAESES to harpoon(meshing tool)

and OpenFOAM(simulation tool) together.

 

Harpoon imports the trimesh CAESES created and exports the mesh files

in OpenFOAM format and OpenFOAM runs with these mesh files and other

input files.

 

I have succeeded in connecting CAESES to harpoon and OpenFOAM, respectively,

but I have failed in connecting these softwares to CAESES together. In this case,

I think I have to set up connection between harpoon and OpenFOAM, but I don't

know how to do that.

 

Could you tell me how to set up my case?

 

 

P.S. I'm trying the setting like the following:

• computation
  

Local Application: harpoon

Input Geometry: trimesh (Format: OpenFOAM STL)

Input Files: config file(necessary when harpoon is executed in batch mode)

• computation01
  

Local Application: simpleFoam

Input Files:

system/controlDict, system/fvSchemes, system/fvSolution,

constant/RASProperties, constant/transportProperties,

0/U, 0/p

 

Thanks in advance for your help.

 

Best regards,

Fumiya