NAME
foamToVTK - part of OpenFOAM (The Open Source CFD Toolbox).
SYNOPSIS
foamToVTK [OPTIONS]
DESCRIPTION
General OpenFOAM to VTK file writer
OPTIONS
- -allRegions
-
Operate on all regions in regionProperties
- -ascii
-
Write in ASCII format instead of binary
- -case dir
-
Specify case directory to use (instead of the cwd)
- -constant
-
Include the 'constant/' dir in the times list
- -fields wordRes
-
Specify single or multiple fields to write (all by default) Eg, 'T' or '(p T U "alpha.*")'
- -latestTime
-
Select the latest time
- -name subdir
-
Directory name for VTK output (default: 'VTK')
- -no-boundary
-
Suppress output for boundary patches
- -no-internal
-
Suppress output for internal volume mesh
- -no-lagrangian
-
Suppress writing lagrangian positions and fields
- -no-point-data
-
Suppress conversion of pointFields. No interpolated PointData.
- -noZero
-
Exclude the '0/' dir from the times list
- -one-boundary
-
Combine all patches into a single file
- -overwrite
-
Remove any existing VTK output directory
- -parallel
-
Run in parallel [Parallel option]
- -patches wordRes
-
Specify single patch or multiple patches to write Eg, 'top' or '( front ".*back" )'
- -region name
-
Specify alternative mesh region
- -regions wordRes
-
Operate on selected regions from regionProperties. Eg, '( gas "solid.*" )'
- -time ranges
-
List of ranges. Eg, ':10,20 40:70 1000:', 'none', etc
- -doc
-
Display documentation in browser
- -help
-
Display short help and exit
- -help-full
-
Display full help and exit
ADVANCED OPTIONS
- -cellSet name
-
Convert mesh subset corresponding to specified cellSet
- -cellZone name
-
Convert mesh subset corresponding to specified cellZone
- -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)
- -decomposeParDict file
-
Use specified file for decomposePar dictionary
- -excludePatches wordRes
-
Specify single patch or multiple patches to exclude from writing. Eg, 'outlet' or '( inlet ".*Wall" )'
- -faceSet name
-
Convert specified faceSet only
- -faceZones wordRes
-
Specify single or multiple faceZones to write Eg, 'cells' or '( slice "mfp-.*" )'.
- -fileHandler handler
-
Override the file handler type
- -finiteAreaFields
-
Write finite area fields
- -hostRoots ((host1 dir1) .. (hostN dirN))
-
Per-host slave 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)
- -legacy
-
Write legacy format instead of xml
- -lib name
-
Additional library or library list to load (can be used multiple times)
- -nearCellValue
-
Use cell value on patches instead of patch value itself
- -noFunctionObjects
-
Do not execute function objects
- -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)
- -pointSet name
-
Convert specified pointSet only
- -poly-decomp
-
Decompose polyhedral cells into tets/pyramids
- -processor-fields
-
Write field values on processor boundaries only
- -roots (dir1 .. dirN)
-
Slave root directories for distributed running [Parallel option]
- -surfaceFields
-
Write surfaceScalarFields (eg, phi)
- -with-ids
-
Additional mesh id fields (cellID, procID, patchID)
- -with-point-ids
-
Additional pointID field for internal mesh
- -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
- -allPatches (now -one-boundary)
-
The option was last used in 1806.
- -noLagrangian (now -no-lagrangian)
-
The option was last used in 1806.
- -noPointValues (now -no-point-data)
-
The option was last used in 1806.
- -noFaceZones
-
This option is ignored after 1806.
- -noLinks
-
This option is ignored after 1806.
- -poly
-
This option is ignored after 1806.
- -useTimeName
-
This option is ignored after 1806.
- -xml
-
This option is ignored after 1806.
SEE ALSO
Online documentation https://www.openfoam.com/documentation/
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2018-2019 OpenCFD Ltd.