Difference between revisions of "MergeOrSplitBaffles"

Latest revision as of 20:26, 3 September 2012

1 Name

mergeOrSplitBaffles - Detects faces that share points (baffles). Either merge them or duplicate the points.

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2 Synopsis

mergeOrSplitBaffles [OPTIONS]

3 Description

Detects faces that share points (baffles). Either merge them or duplicate the points.

-detectOnly

Find baffles only, but do not merge or split them

-split

Topologically split duplicate surfaces

-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

Notes:

• Can only handle pairwise boundary faces. So three faces using the same points is not handled (is illegal mesh anyway)

• There is no option to only split/merge some baffles.

• Surfaces consisting of duplicate faces can be topologically split if the points on the interior of the surface cannot walk to all the cells that use them in one go.

• Parallel operation (where duplicate face is perpendicular to a coupled boundary) is supported but not really tested. (Note that coupled faces themselves are not seen as duplicate faces)

This utility is used in the following tutorials:

• incompressible/pimpleDyMFoam/propeller