checkMesh(1)

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checkMesh [OPTIONS]

Description

Checks validity of a mesh

Options

  • -allGeometry
    Include bounding box checks
  • -allRegions
    Use all regions in regionProperties
  • -allTopology
    Include extra topology checks
  • -case dir
    Specify case directory to use (instead of cwd)
  • -constant
    Include the 'constant/' dir in the times list
  • -decomposeParDict file
    Use specified file for decomposePar dictionary
  • -latestTime
    Select the latest time
  • -meshQuality
    Read user-defined mesh quality criteria from system/meshQualityDict
  • -noTopology
    Skip checking the mesh topology
  • -noZero
    Exclude the '0/' dir from the times list
  • -parallel
    Run in parallel [Parallel option]
  • -region name
    Use specified mesh region. Eg, -region gas
  • -regions wordRes
    Use specified mesh region. Eg, -regions gas Or from regionProperties. Eg, -regions '(gas "solid.*")'
  • -time ranges
    List of ranges. Eg, ':10,20 40:70 1000:', 'none', etc
  • -writeAllFields
    Write volFields with mesh quality parameters
  • -writeAllSurfaceFields
    Write surfaceFields with mesh quality parameters
  • -writeFields wordList
    Write volFields with selected mesh quality parameters
  • -writeSets surfaceFormat
    Reconstruct and write all faceSets and cellSets in selected format
  • -doc
    Display documentation in browser
  • -help
    Display short help and exit
  • -help-full
    Display full help and exit

ADVANCED OPTIONS

  • -debug-switch name=val
    Specify the value of a registered debug switch. Default is 1 if the value is omitted. (Can be used multiple times)
  • -fileHandler handler
    Override the file handler type
  • -hostRoots *((host1 dir1) .. (hostN dirN))*
    Per-subprocess root directories for distributed running. The host specification can be a regex. [Parallel option]
  • -info-switch name=val
    Specify the value of a registered info switch. Default is 1 if the value is omitted. (Can be used multiple times)
  • -lib name
    Additional library or library list to load (can be used multiple times)
  • -noFunctionObjects
    Do not execute function objects
  • -opt-switch name=val
    Specify the value of a registered optimisation switch. Default is 1 if the value is omitted. (Can be used multiple times)
  • -roots *(dir1 .. dirN)*
    Subprocess root directories for distributed running [Parallel option]
  • -world name
    Name of the local world for parallel communication [Parallel option]
  • -doc-source
    Display source code in browser
  • -help-man
    Display full help (manpage format) and exit
  • -help-notes
    Display help notes (description) and exit

See Also

Online documentation https://www.openfoam.com/documentation/

Copyright

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