nearestToCell

Description

A topoSetCellSource to select cells whose cell centre nearest to given points.

Operands

Operand Type Location
output cellSet $FOAM_CASE/constant/polyMesh/sets/<set>

Description

Example of the nearestToCell topoSet by using actions sub-dictionary in system/topoSetDict file:

{
    // Mandatory (inherited) entries
    name        <name>;
    type        cellSet;
    action      <action>;

    // Mandatory entries
    source      nearestToCell;
    points
    (
        (<p1x> <p1y> <p1z>)
        (<p2x> <p2y> <p2z>)
        ...
    );
}

where the entries mean:

Property Description Type Required Default
name Name of cellSet word yes -
type Type name: cellSet word yes -
action Action applied on cells - see below word yes -
source Source name: nearestToCell word yes -
points List of selection points vectorList yes -

Options for the action entry:

new      | Create a new cellSet from selected cells
add      | Add selected cells into this cellSet
subtract | Remove selected cells from this cellSet

Further information

Tutorial:

Source code:

History

  • Introduced in version 1.5

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