Surfaces

Table of Contents

• Usage
• Sample output
• Further information

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The surfaces function object samples field values on surfaces and writes the result to file using the chosen output file format.

Usage

Basic operation of the sets function object comprises:

sets1
{
    type            surfaces;
    libs            ("libsampling.so");
}

Sample output

This information is also written in the user-specified output format to file in the directory:

$FOAM_CASE/postProcessing/<function object>/<time>

Further information

Related:

• Point sampling

Source code:

• Foam::functionObjects::sampledSurfaces

Example usage:

• pimpleFoam propeller tutorial: $FOAM_TUTORIALS/incompressible/pimpleFoam/RAS/propeller

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