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== Introduction ==

[https://github.com/tkeskita/snappyhexmesh_gui SnappyHexMesh GUI add-on for Blender] turns [https://www.blender.org/ Blender] into a GUI for preparing case files for SnappyHexMesh. The aim is to

* Ease the workflow for updating, modifying and exporting 3D surface meshes to OpenFOAM.
* Allow definition of most common SnappyHexMesh settings via Blender GUI, to reduce need for manual writing of OpenFOAM dictionary definitions.
* Require minimal Blender skills. Geometry can be modelled in any 3D modelling / CAD program which exports a surface mesh format that can be imported to Blender, such as STL or Wavefront OBJ. Add-on is operated via panels in Blender's GUI.

The creation of OpenFOAM dictionary files is based on string replacements using template files located in the add-on's skel directory. The add-on is supported on [https://www.blender.org/download/LTS/ latest Blender LTS version].

Usage is shown in the video tutorial series [http://tkeskita.kapsi.fi/blender/ Blender for OpenFOAM users].

== Documentation ==

Documentation is available in the doc directory in the source code, and [https://snappyhexmesh-gui.readthedocs.io/ here for web viewing]

== OpenFOAM Trade Mark Notice ==

This offering is not approved or endorsed by OpenCFD Limited, producer and distributor of the OpenFOAM software via www.openfoam.com, and owner of the OPENFOAM® and OpenCFD® trade marks.