The quick reference colours the entries according to:
Action | Colour |
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Required entry | |
Change as needed | |
Sometimes change | |
Usually leave as default | |
Deprecated entry |
Keyword | Value type | Default value | Change? |
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castellatedMesh | boolean | ||
snap | boolean | ||
addLayers | boolean | ||
singleRegionName | boolean | yes | |
mergePatchFaces | boolean | yes | |
mergeTolerance | scalar | ||
keepPatches | boolean | no | |
debug | label | 0 | |
geometry | dictionary | ||
Castellated mesh controls | dictionary | ||
Snap controls | dictionary | ||
Layer controls | dictionary | ||
Mesh quality controls | dictionary | ||
Debug flags | dictionary | ||
Write flags | dictionary | ||
Output flags | dictionary |
Sub-dictionary: geometry
Keyword | Value type | Default value | Change? |
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<geometryName> | dictionary | ||
<geometryName>.type | geometryType | ||
<geometryName>.name | word | ||
<geometryName>.regions | word |
Sub-dictionary: castellatedMeshControls
Keyword | Value type | Default value | Change? |
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maxLocalCells | label | ||
maxGlobalCells | label | ||
minRefinementCells | label | ||
maxLoadUnbalance | scalar | ||
nCellsBetweenLevels | label | ||
features | dictionary | ||
features.file | string | ||
features.level | label | ||
features.levels | (scalar label) | ||
refinementSurfaces | dictionary | ||
refinementSurfaces.<geometryName> | dictionary | ||
refinementSurfaces.<geometryName>.level | label | ||
refinementSurfaces.<geometryName>.regions | dictionary | ||
resolveFeatureAngle | scalar | ||
gapLevelIncrement | label | ||
planarAngle | scalar | ||
refinementRegions | dictionary | ||
limitRegions | dictionary | ||
locationInMesh | point | ||
locationsInMesh | list of (point word) | ||
allowFreeStandingZoneFaces | boolean | ||
faceZoneControls | dictionary | ||
locationsOutsideMesh | list of points | ||
handleSnapProblems | boolean | ||
useTopologicalSnapDetection | boolean | ||
interfaceRefine | boolean | ||
nCellZoneErodeIter | label |
Sub-dictionary: snapControls
Keyword | Value type | Default value | Change? |
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nSmoothPatch | label | ||
nSmoothInternal | label | ||
tolerance | scalar | ||
nSolveIter | label | ||
nRelaxIter | label | ||
detectNearSurfaceSnap | boolean | ||
nFeatureSnapIter | label | ||
implicitFeatureSnap | boolean | false | |
explicitFeatureSnap | boolean | true | |
multiRegionFeatureSnap | boolean | ||
nFaceSplitInterval | label | ||
detectBaffles | boolean | ||
releasePoints | boolean | ||
stringFeatures | boolean | ||
avoidDiagonal | boolean | ||
concaveAngle | scalar | ||
minAreaRatio | scalar | ||
strictRegionSnap | boolean | ||
baffleFeaturePoints | boolean |
Sub-dictionary: addLayerControls
Keyword | Value type | Default value | Change? |
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relativeSizes | boolean | ||
nBufferCellsNoExtrude | label | ||
nLayerIter | label | ||
nRelaxedIter | label | ||
additionalReporting | boolean | ||
expansionRatio | scalar | ||
finalLayerThickness | scalar | ||
firstLayerThickness | scalar | ||
thickness | scalar | ||
minThickness | scalar | ||
layers | dictionary | ||
layers.<patchName> | dictionary | ||
layers.<patchName>.nSurfaceLayers | label | ||
layers.<patchName>.expansionRatio | scalar | ||
layers.<patchName>.finalLayerThickness | scalar | ||
layers.<patchName>.firstLayerThickness | scalar | ||
layers.<patchName>.thickness | scalar | ||
layers.<patchName>.minThickness | scalar | ||
nGrow | label | ||
concaveAngle | scalar | ||
featureAngle | scalar | ||
mergePatchFacesAngle | scalar | ||
maxFaceThicknessRatio | scalar | ||
meshShrinker | word | ||
solver | word | ||
nSmoothSurfaceNormals | label | ||
minMedialAxisAngle | scalar | ||
minMedianAxisAngle | scalar | ||
maxThicknessToMedialRatio | scalar | ||
nSmoothNormals | label | ||
nSmoothThickness | label | ||
nMedialAxisIter | label | ||
nSmoothDisplacement | label | ||
layerTerminationAngle | scalar | ||
slipFeatureAngle | scalar | ||
nRelaxIter | label |
Sub-dictionary: meshQualityControls
Keyword | Value type | Default value | Change? |
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maxNonOrtho | scalar | ||
maxBoundarySkewness | scalar | ||
maxInternalSkewness | scalar | ||
maxConcave | scalar | ||
minVol | scalar | ||
minTetQuality | scalar | ||
minArea | scalar | ||
minTwist | scalar | ||
minDeterminant | scalar | ||
minFaceWeight | scalar | ||
minVolRatio | scalar | ||
minTriangleTwist | scalar | ||
minVolCollapseRatio | scalar | ||
minFaceFlatness | scalar | ||
relaxed | dictionary | ||
nSmoothScale | label | ||
errorReduction | scalar |
Sub-dictionary: debugFlags
Keyword | Value type | Default value | Change? |
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mesh | |||
intersections | |||
featureSeeds | |||
attraction | |||
layerInfo |
Sub-dictionary: writeFlags
Keyword | Options | Default value | Change? |
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mesh | |||
noRefinement | |||
scalarLevels | |||
layerSets | |||
layerFields |
Sub-dictionary: outputFlags
Keyword | Options | Default value | Change? |
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layerInfo |
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