snappyHexMesh(1)

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snappyHexMesh [OPTIONS]

Description

Automatic split hex mesher. Refines and snaps to surface

Options

  • -case dir
    Specify case directory to use (instead of cwd)
  • -checkGeometry
    Check all surface geometry for quality
  • -decomposeParDict file
    Use specified file for decomposePar dictionary
  • -dict file
    Alternative snappyHexMeshDict
  • -dry-run
    Check case set-up only using a single time step
  • -outFile file
    Name of the file to save the simplified surface to
  • -overwrite
    Overwrite existing mesh/results files
  • -parallel
    Run in parallel [Parallel option]
  • -patches *(patch0 .. patchN)*
    Only triangulate selected patches (wildcards supported)
  • -profiling
    Activate application-level profiling
  • -region name
    Specify alternative mesh region
  • -surfaceSimplify boundBox
    Simplify the surface using snappyHexMesh starting from a boundBox
  • -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)
  • -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-compat
    Display compatibility options and exit
  • -help-man
    Display full help (manpage format) and exit
  • -help-notes
    Display help notes (description) and exit

COMPATIBILITY OPTIONS

  • -noFunctionObjects
    This option is ignored

See Also

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

Copyright

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