blockMesh(1) · carta

Usage

blockMesh [OPTIONS]

Overview

Block mesh generator.
  The ordering of vertex and face labels within a block as shown below.
  For the local vertex numbering in the sequence 0 to 7:
    Faces 0, 1 (x-direction) are left, right.
    Faces 2, 3 (y-direction) are front, back.
    Faces 4, 5 (z-direction) are bottom, top.
                        7 ---- 6
                 f5     |\     |\     f3
                 |      | 4 ---- 5     \
                 |      3 |--- 2 |      \
                 |       \|     \|      f2
                 f4       0 ---- 1
    Y  Z
     \ |                f0 ------ f1
      \|
       O--- X

Options

-blockTopology: Write block edges and centres as obj files and exit

-case dir: Specify case directory to use (instead of the cwd)

-dict file: Alternative dictionary for the blockMesh description

-noClean: Do not remove any existing polyMesh/ directory or files

-region name: Specify alternative mesh region

-sets: Write cellZones as cellSets too (for processing purposes)

-time time: Specify a time to write mesh to (default: constant)

-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

-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 (int/bool). Default is 1 if the value is omitted. (Can be used multiple times)

-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

History

Debian 13 (Trixie) to Debian 11 (Bullseye): the text shown here
Debian 10 (Buster)
Debian 9 (Stretch)

-blockTopology since Debian 10 (Buster); -case since Debian 10 (Buster); -debug-switch since Debian 11 (Bullseye); -dict since Debian 10 (Buster); -doc since Debian 10 (Buster); -doc-source since Debian 10 (Buster); -fileHandler since Debian 10 (Buster); -help since Debian 10 (Buster); -help-compat since Debian 11 (Bullseye); -help-full since Debian 10 (Buster); -help-man since Debian 10 (Buster); -help-notes since Debian 11 (Bullseye); -info-switch since Debian 11 (Bullseye); -lib since Debian 11 (Bullseye); -noClean since Debian 10 (Buster); -noFunctionObjects since Debian 10 (Buster); -opt-switch since Debian 11 (Bullseye); -region since Debian 10 (Buster); -sets since Debian 10 (Buster); -time since Debian 10 (Buster).