subsetMesh(1)

part of OpenFOAM (The Open Source CFD Toolbox).

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Description

SUBSETMESH

NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

subsetMesh [OPTIONS] cell-selection

DESCRIPTION

Create a mesh subset for a particular region of interest based on a cellSet or
cellZone(s) specified as the first command argument.
See setSet/topoSet utilities on how to select cells based on various shapes.

ARGUMENTS

cell-selection

The cellSet name, but with the -zone option this is interpreted to be a cellZone selection by name(s) or regex. Eg ’mixer’ or ’( mixer "moving.*" )’

OPTIONS

-case dir

Specify case directory to use (instead of the cwd)

-decomposeParDict file

Use specified file for decomposePar dictionary

-overwrite

Overwrite existing mesh/results files

-parallel

Run in parallel [Parallel option]

-patch name

Add exposed internal faces to specified patch instead of "oldInternalFaces"

-patches wordRes

Add exposed internal faces to closest of specified patches instead of "oldInternalFaces"

-region name

Specify alternative mesh region

-resultTime time

Specify a time for the resulting mesh

-zone

Subset with cellZone(s) instead of cellSet. The command argument may be a list of words or regexs

-doc

Display documentation in browser

-help

Display short help and exit

-help-full

Display full help and exit

ADVANCED OPTIONS

-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)

-fileHandler handler

Override the file handler type

-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)

-lib name

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

-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)

-roots (dir1 .. dirN)

Slave root directories for distributed running [Parallel option]

-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

-noFunctionObjects

This option is ignored

SEE ALSO

Online documentation https://www.openfoam.com/documentation/

COPYRIGHT

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