FAQ/Preprocessing

1 FAQ Section 5: Preprocessing

Preparing the simulations

1.1 How to quickly change the mesh with blockMesh

A description how to achieve this with m4 can be found here: How to quickly change the mesh with blockMesh

1.2 How do I set up a two-dimensional axisymmetric problem?

You use a contributed utility called makeAxialMesh.

1.3 How to export a Fluent mesh in ASCII?

For more information, read these posts:

• ANSYS Meshing & Geometry - ANSYS to Fluent mesh export in ASCII format post #2
• ANSYS Meshing & Geometry - ANSYS to Fluent mesh export in ASCII format post #11
• OpenFOAM Other Meshers: ICEM, Star, Ansys, Pointwise, GridPro, Ansa - Fluent3DMeshToFoam post #48
• OpenFOAM Other Meshers: ICEM, Star, Ansys, Pointwise, GridPro, Ansa - Fluent Mesh (XP32) to OpenFoam

1.4 How to convert Fluent mesh to OpenFOAM?

Read these wiki pages:

• FluentMeshToFoam
• Fluent3DMeshToFoam
• Howto importing fluent mesh with internal walls
• Import a fluent mesh with interfaces