Debugging

Environment variables

Set the environment variable WRITE_FOAM_FILES to end the run at various locations in a NinjaFOAM simulation.

WRITE_FOAM_FILES = 0 generates the STL and writes the basic OpenFOAM case directory

WRITE_FOAM_FILES = 1 writes the mesh dict files (but does not generate the mesh)

WRITE_FOAM_FILES = 2 generates the mesh

OpenFOAM work flow

surfaceTransformPoints -translate (0 0 10) constant/triSurface/butte.stl constant/triSurface/butte_out.stl
surfaceCheck constant/triSurface/butte.stl
blockMesh
decomposePar -force
mpiexec -np 4 moveDynamicMesh -parallel
reconstructPar -latestTime
topoSet -dict system/topoSetDict
refineMesh -dict system/refineMeshDict
refineWalllayer -minZ 0.25
renumberMesh
checkMesh
applyInit
decomposePar -force
mpiexec -np 4 simpleFoam -parallel
reconstructPar
sample -latestTime

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To convert OpenFOAM output to WindNinja output formats (.kmz and .asc):

../../convert_output postProcessing/surfaces/951/U_triSurfaceSampling.raw ninja_output ../butte.tif

Set BUILD_CONVERT_OUTPUT = ON in CMake to build the output converter.