NAME
surfaceMeshExtract - part of OpenFOAM (The Open Source CFD Toolbox).
SYNOPSIS
surfaceMeshExtract [OPTIONS] output
DESCRIPTION
Extract patch or faceZone surfaces from a polyMesh. The name is historical, it only triangulates faces when the output format requires it.
ARGUMENTS
- output
-
The output surface file
OPTIONS
- -case dir
-
Specify case directory to use (instead of the cwd)
- -constant
-
Include the 'constant/' dir in the times list
- -excludeProcPatches
-
Exclude processor patches
- -faceZones wordRes
-
Specify single or multiple faceZones to extract Eg, 'cells' or '( slice "mfp-.*" )'
- -latestTime
-
Select the latest time
- -noZero
-
Exclude the '0/' dir from the times list
- -parallel
-
Run in parallel [Parallel option]
- -patches wordRes
-
Specify single patch or multiple patches to extract. Eg, 'top' or '( front ".*back" )'
- -region name
-
Specify alternative mesh region
- -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
- -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" )'
- -fileHandler handler
-
Override the file handler type
- -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)
- -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 (int/bool). Default is 1 if the value is omitted. (Can be used multiple times)
- -roots (dir1 .. dirN)
-
Slave root directories for distributed running [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
Copyright © 2018-2019 OpenCFD Ltd.