foamToVTK(1)

part of OpenFOAM (The Open Source CFD Toolbox).

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Description

FOAMTOVTK

NAME

foamToVTK - part of OpenFOAM (The Open Source CFD Toolbox).

SYNOPSIS

foamToVTK [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

General OpenFOAM to VTK file writer

OPTIONS

-allRegions

Operate on all regions in regionProperties

-ascii

Write in ASCII format instead of binary

-case dir

Specify case directory to use (instead of the cwd)

-constant

Include the ’constant/’ dir in the times list

-fields wordRes

Specify single or multiple fields to write (all by default) Eg, ’T’ or ’(p T U "alpha.*")’

-latestTime

Select the latest time

-name subdir

Directory name for VTK output (default: ’VTK’)

-no-boundary

Suppress output for boundary patches

-no-internal

Suppress output for internal volume mesh

-no-lagrangian

Suppress writing lagrangian positions and fields

-no-point-data

Suppress conversion of pointFields. No interpolated PointData.

-noZero

Exclude the ’0/’ dir from the times list

-one-boundary

Combine all patches into a single file

-overwrite

Remove any existing VTK output directory

-parallel

Run in parallel [Parallel option]

-patches wordRes

Specify single patch or multiple patches to write Eg, ’top’ or ’( front ".*back" )’

-region name

Specify alternative mesh region

-regions wordRes

Operate on selected regions from regionProperties. Eg, ’( gas "solid.*" )’

-time ranges

List of ranges. Eg, ’:10,20 40:70 1000:’, ’none’, etc

	-doc		Display documentation in browser
	-help		Display short help and exit

-help-full

Display full help and exit

ADVANCED OPTIONS

-cellSet name

Convert mesh subset corresponding to specified cellSet

-cellZone name

Convert mesh subset corresponding to specified cellZone

-debug-switch name=val

Specify the value of a registered debug switch. Default is 1 if the value is omitted. (Can be used multiple times)

-decomposeParDict file

Use specified file for decomposePar dictionary

-excludePatches wordRes

Specify single patch or multiple patches to exclude from writing. Eg, ’outlet’ or ’( inlet ".*Wall" )’

-faceSet name

Convert specified faceSet only

-faceZones wordRes

Specify single or multiple faceZones to write Eg, ’cells’ or ’( slice "mfp-.*" )’.

-fileHandler handler

Override the file handler type

-finiteAreaFields

Write finite area fields

-hostRoots ((host1 dir1) .. (hostN dirN))

Per-host slave root directories for distributed running. The host specification can be a regex. [Parallel option]

-info-switch name=val

Specify the value of a registered info switch. Default is 1 if the value is omitted. (Can be used multiple times)

-legacy

Write legacy format instead of xml

-lib name

Additional library or library list to load (can be used multiple times)

-nearCellValue

Use cell value on patches instead of patch value itself

-noFunctionObjects

Do not execute function objects

-opt-switch name=val

Specify the value of a registered optimisation switch (int/bool). Default is 1 if the value is omitted. (Can be used multiple times)

-pointSet name

Convert specified pointSet only

-poly-decomp

Decompose polyhedral cells into tets/pyramids

-processor-fields

Write field values on processor boundaries only

-roots (dir1 .. dirN)

Slave root directories for distributed running [Parallel option]

-surfaceFields

Write surfaceScalarFields (eg, phi)

-with-ids

Additional mesh id fields (cellID, procID, patchID)

-with-point-ids

Additional pointID field for internal mesh

-doc-source

Display source code in browser

-help-compat

Display compatibility options and exit

-help-man

Display full help (manpage format) and exit

-help-notes

Display help notes (description) and exit

COMPATIBILITY OPTIONS

-allPatches (now -one-boundary)

The option was last used in 1806.

-noLagrangian (now -no-lagrangian)

The option was last used in 1806.

-noPointValues (now -no-point-data)

The option was last used in 1806.

-noFaceZones