User:Hoogs/Presentation/How to use OpenFOAM
From OpenFOAMWiki
- OpenCFD have recently partnered with SGI to provide training courses
- There is a User Guide which is quite good
- Unfortunately at this time one of the big gaps is an advanced programmer manual
- There is a Programmers Guide but it is incomplete
- There is no substitute for playing with tutorial cases and messing with the code
- Learning C++ takes time, but there are plenty of online resources
- Budget about 6-18 months to become a proficient and confident in C++
- It takes time to understand the OpenFOAM code arrangement, and you are mostly on your own if you cannot afford the courses
