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1 Blender

Blender is the free open source 3D content creation suite, available for all major operating systems under the GNU General Public License. This page lists links for using Blender with/for OpenFOAM.

2 Contrib gdbOF

gdbOF is an attachable to GNU debugger (gdb) tool that includes macros to debug OpenFOAM's solvers and applications in an easier way.

3 Contrib/IHFOAM

IHFOAM is a set of solvers and boundary conditions to generate and absorb water waves actively at the boundaries and to simulate their interaction with porous coastal structures.

The main scope of these modelling tools is coastal, marine, hydraulic and offshore engineering.

4 Contrib/PyFoam


A python library to control OpenFOAM-runs and manipulate OpenFOAM-data. Comes with a number of utilities that should make your life easier if you're not scared by commandlines


--Bgschaid 21:50, 15 Aug 2005 (CEST)

5 Contrib/olaFlow

olaFlow is a free and open source project, committed to bringing the latest advances in the simulation of wave dynamics to the OpenFOAM and FOAM-extend communities.

olaFlow is a set of solvers and boundary conditions to generate and absorb water waves actively at the boundaries and to simulate their interaction with porous coastal structures.

The main scope of these modelling tools is coastal, marine, hydraulic and offshore engineering.

6 Contrib/pythonFlu

pythonFlu is the Python wrapping for OpenFOAM C++ API.

7 Contrib/swak4Foam


A library that combines the functionality of groovyBC and funkySetFields: it offers the user the possibility to specify expressions involving the fields and evaluates them. This library offers a number of utilities (for instance funkySetFields to set fields using expression), boundary conditions (groovyBC to specify arbitrary boundary conditions based on expressions) and function objects that allow doing many things that would otherwise require programming.


--Bgschaid 01:17, 14 September 2010 (CEST)

8 Contrib/waves2Foam

The library waves2Foam is a toolbox used to generate and absorb free surface water waves. Currently the method applies the relaxation zone technique (active sponge layers) and a large range of wave theories are supported and the relaxation zones can take arbitrary shapes.

Release of the waves2Foam Manual

As of the 17th of August 2017, the waves2Foam Manual is released. Consequently, the content of this Wiki-page is reduced.

It is still possible to find download/installation instructions and information on the code contributions.


--NGJ 20:10, 04 December 2011 (CET)

9 HowTo Get Help On The Message Board

... or the importance of precise posting

Questions on the message board are answered by volunteers. So

  • you can't expect to get an answer to every question (sometimes no one knows the answer)
  • but you can increase the probability to get an answer by using the following guidelines

And always remember: The difficult part about science is asking the right questions

10 Installation/Ansible

The aim of this project is to automatically build OpenFOAM-variants from source using the tool Ansible. The script installs all the requirements before attempting to compile OpenFOAM

The full description can be found in this subproject in OpenFOAM-extend.

The only requirements for this script to work are Mercurial (for getting the sources) and Ansible. They should be installed through the package manager of the distribution


--Bgschaid (talk) 09:41, 29 May 2020 (CEST)

11 Local User Groups / Local User Group Germany

OpenFOAM-users in that little country called Germany

12 Local User Groups / Local User Group Mid-Atlantic USA

User group for OpenFOAM-users in that part of the US of A

13 OpenFOAM guide

This is the base page for the currently dubbed The missing Programmer's Guide created by the community that works with OpenFOAM technology.

14 Sig Multiphase

The German Special Interest Group on Multiphase Flows in OpenFOAM® was initiated at the Southern German user meeting "OpenFOAM® Stammtisch" in 2009.

15 Sig Numerical Optimization

Special interest group on Numerical Optimization

16 Sig Turbomachinery

Special interest group for turbomachinery

17 Tutorials/JozsefsYouTubeVideoTutorials


Here you can find introductory videos on CFD with OpenFOAM. I will post them on the channel primarily for polymer engeneering students at the Johannes Kepler University in Linz, Austria, for the introduction to CFD prior to the start of bachelor or master theses.

The videos contain auxiliary material to the introduction at the Institute of Polymer Injection Moulding and Process Automation (http://www.jku.at/ipim/content/e57040). The videos contain primarily hands on tutorials and only the most basic theory as there are tons and tons of material on the theory of CFD.