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Revision as of 16:38, 2 September 2012

1 Name

createBaffles - Makes internal faces into boundary faces. Does not duplicate points, unlike mergeOrSplitBaffles.

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2 Synopsis

createBaffles [OPTIONS] FACEZONENAME "(MASTERPATCH SLAVEPATCH)"

3 Description

Transform internal faces into boundary faces to introduce a baffle; e.g. to introduce thin wall through which the heat transfer should be computed (see e.g. tutorial: $FOAM_TUTORIALS/heatTransfer/buoyantSimpleFoam/circuitBoardCooling)

-additionalPatches ((MASTER2 SLAVE2) [...(MASTERN SLAVEN)])

Add more patches that couple the baffle with the mesh

-internalFacesOnly

Do not convert boundary faces

-overwrite

Overwrite the existing mesh files

-parallel

Run the utility in parallel

-roots "(DIR1 [...DIRN])"

Directories through which the data are distributed

-region NAME

Specify a mesh region by its NAME

-case DIR

Execute the command on the case directory DIR. If not provided, use the current directory

-noFunctionObjects

Skip the execution of the functionObjects

-help

Display the help and exit