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Usage of createPatchDict
Hi, yesterday I opened a thread with a problem with the utility foamToVTK, and this shows me a new problem about my mesh. Bruno Santos (the moderator) gives me a valuable advice to check my mesh with checkMesh utility. And for my particular boundary condition says me to looking for a thread useful for me with the keywords foam3DMeshToFluent cyclic.
Now I've read the forum with this keywords but in every thread with cyclicle boundary condition problems the problem is not solved. I'm unlucky!
So I want to summarize the problem.
I convert the mesh with fluent3DMeshToFoam. ok.
I run the checkMesh utility and there isn't a problem yet. ok.
Now I need to change some patch from type patch to type cyclic.
The first time I have changed directly the boundary file with this keywords for the patch 1:
matchTolerance 0.0001; neighbourPatch patch 2; transform rotational; rotationAxis (0 0 1); rotationCentre (0 0 0);
for the patch 2:
matchTolerance 0.0001; neighbourPatch patch 1; transform rotational; rotationAxis (0 0 1); rotationCentre (0 0 0);
This attempt give the error above when I run the checkMesh utility.
Now I'm trying to use the createPatch utility but I don't understand which is its behaviour. I have find the example between the OF file but it isn't clear.
I try to explain what I have understand. This is the createPatchDict that I have done.
name patch1 (The patch name that I want change);
patchInfo (this is the section in which i set the new patch features)
type cyclic;
neighbourPatch patch2;
transform rotational;
rotationAxis (0 0 1);
rotationCentre (0 0 0);
constructForm patches (I have no idea what is this keyword);
patches (periodic1) (I have no idea);
name patch2 (The patch name that I want change);
patchInfo (this is the section in which i set the new patch features)
type cyclic;
neighbourPatch patch1;
transform rotational;
rotationAxis (0 0 1);
rotationCentre (0 0 0);
constructForm patches (I have no idea what is this keyword);
patches (periodic1) (I have no idea);
If I run the utility it starts and have finish with a warning that says:in file meshes/polymesh/polyBoundaryMesh/polyboundaryMesh.c at line 573 OF can't find any patch names matching periodic1
This error occurs two times. The funny things is that this utility doesn't convert any patch in my boundary file, but create a directory named 1e-07 (as the value of deltaT in the controlDict file) in which there is an other polyMesh directory that contains the same file of that one in the constant directory.
Please help me, I'm looking for a solution all day in the forum, please forgive any grammatical errors I'm so tired. Thanks a lot.
Hello Bombolati,
After using fluent3DMeshtoFoam you have two patches ("patchA" and "patchB") which should be cyclic but are labeled with "patch" or "wall".
Then you can use the createPatch utility.
In the createPatchDict you write
name patch1;
this is the new name of your cyclic patch
patchInfo (this is the section in which i set the new patch features)
type cyclic;
neighbourPatch patch2;
transform rotational;
constructFrom patches;
which means, that there are existing patches that are used to create the new patches. (It is possible to create patches from faces, then you have to write construct from faceSet)
patches (patchA)
which means, your new cyclic patch "patch1" is constructed from "patchA" (it is possible to construct a new patch from two or more existing patches)
and the same then for patch2:
constructFrom patches;
patches (patchB) ;
Thank you very much blacksquirrel, the conversion is ok and the checkMesh utility gives no error.
Hi there,
I have converted the .msh in to foam.
I got 2 errors,
firstly as follows,
face 6439 area does not match neighbour by 0.0103693% -- possible face ordering problem.
patch:OLR0 my area:0.000199448 neighbour area:0.000199427 matching tolerance:0.0001
Mesh face:1370739 fc:(0.0966635 -0.0215988 0.729129)
Neighbour fc:(0.0967883 -0.5304 0.500736)
If you are certain your matching is correct you can increase the 'matchTolerance' setting in the patch dictionary in the boundary file.
Rerun with cyclic debug flag set for more information.
then I have increased the matchTolerance 0.0001 to 0.001
then executed paraFoam
after that I am getting the error as follows,
More than six unsigned transforms detected:
6(((0 0 0) (1 1.57813e-06 -0.000193506 -0.000137946 0.707107 -0.707107 0.000135714 0.707107 0.707107) 1) ((0 0 0) (0.999999 3.64383e-05 -0.00152133 -0.00110151 0.707109 -0.707104 0.00104998 0.707105 0.707108) 1) ((0 0 0) (0.999996 7.7863e-05 -0.00275828 -0.00200544 0.707113 -0.707098 0.00189536 0.7071 0.707111) 1) ((0 0 0) (0.999992 0.000140037 -0.00401223 -0.00293604 0.70712 -0.707087 0.00273811 0.707093 0.707115) 1) ((0 0 0) (1 -0.000137946 0.000135714 1.57813e-06 0.707107 0.707107 -0.000193506 -0.707107 0.707107) 1) ((0 0 0) (0.999999 -0.00110151 0.00104998 3.64383e-05 0.707109 0.707105 -0.00152133 -0.707104 0.707108) 1))
From function void Foam::globalIndexAndTransform::determineTransforms ()
in file primitives/globalIndexAndTransform/globalIndexAndTransform.C at line 225.
can you guys help me.
As you said, I have changed the createPatchDict. But there is also have a error as below:
Attempt to cast type patch to type cyclic
From function refCast<To>(From&)
in file lnInclude/typeInfo.H at line 114.
FOAM aborting
#0 Foam::error::printStack(Foam::Ostream&) in "/opt/openfoam210/platforms/linux64GccDPOpt/lib/libOpenFOAM.so"
#1 Foam::error::abort() in "/opt/openfoam210/platforms/linux64GccDPOpt/lib/libOpenFOAM.so"
#2 Foam::cyclicPolyPatch::neighbPatchID() const in "/opt/openfoam210/platforms/linux64GccDPOpt/lib/libOpenFOAM.so"
#3 Foam::cyclicPolyPatch::calcGeometry(Foam::PstreamB uffers&) in "/opt/openfoam210/platforms/linux64GccDPOpt/lib/libOpenFOAM.so"
#4 Foam::polyBoundaryMesh::calcGeometry() in "/opt/openfoam210/platforms/linux64GccDPOpt/lib/libOpenFOAM.so"
#5 Foam::polyMesh::addPatches(Foam::List<Foam::polyPa tch*> const&, bool) in "/opt/openfoam210/platforms/linux64GccDPOpt/lib/libOpenFOAM.so"
in "/opt/openfoam210/platforms/linux64GccDPOpt/bin/createPatch"
#7 __libc_start_main in "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6"
in "/opt/openfoam210/platforms/linux64GccDPOpt/bin/createPatch"
Could you give me some advice for this error? Thank you.
Ok, have you checked your "boundary" file in constant/polyMesh after using fluentMeshToFoam?
What is the type of your patchA/patchB? Do you have two separate patches?
This error is strange and I've never encountered it. Maybe it helps if you change the type of your patches A and B in the boundary file to "wall" instead of patch and try again.
Hi, blacksquirrel.
Thank you for your reply. I made a mistake in createPatchDict. With help of Maddalena, I solve this problem as the link below.
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No one wants to enter a long-term care facility/nursing home/old age home.
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Photos, pictures, books, statues and figurines to say nothing of clothes and jewelry all contain telltale signs that providers may see and read. LGBTQ folk fear they may be refused care, receive poor care or be judged and preached to by providers. These fears are not unfounded and are documented in articles and studies in different jurisdictions.
The thought of leaving their homes or apartments to live in a long-term care facility was even more frightening to the people I interviewed. Many feel they must return to the closet lest they be denied care or receive poor care. They fear the negative reactions of staff, of other residents and from families of residents. Again, in my experience, these fears are not unfounded. A recent small research study indicated how ill-prepared are health-care service providers in both the community and institutional sectors.
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The best hotel in the world? That honor-- according to Travel and Leisure's 2007 reader's poll-- is the Oberoi Udaivilas in India's romantic desert city of Udaipur. There's been a lot of buzz about this award-winning hotel, which commands one of the most beautiful settings in the world-- high above Rajasthan's fabled lake, with views across to the floating City Palace and sloping Aravalli Hills. Guest rooms are truly fit for a maharajah, with large private terraces, private swimming pools, walk-in closets, and butler service. The grounds are as stunning as the suites: 30 acres of landscaped gardens, courtyards, fountains, and reflection pools.
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A regular size TV will no longer cut it. The digital revolution during the age of TiVo means business travelers are used to home entertainment systems far superior than the technology found on the road. But now the tide has turned. Luxury hotels are upgrading rooms with high definition TVs, iPod docking stations and a wide selection of programming, personal entertainment systems with movies, music, and games, and more. As reported by the International Herald Tribune, in the hotel industry, the technology race is on. There's been a "paradigm shift more toward the lifestyle traveler." The good news for this new breed of road warriors: with on-demand programming, you'll never miss another episode of Entourage again.


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Memorial Day Weekend I was in DC for a work conference. On Memorial Day itself, a friend of mine and I got up to shoot the memorials at sunrise. We decided on the Marine Corps War Memorial, or Iwo Jima. For some inexplicable reason, all of my infrared shots from that day disappeared. Fast forward a week and a half or so and I found myself back at Iwo Jima at sunrise, to reshoot. It's a good thing I lost those shots from the first outting, otherwise I would not have taken this one (the first time I didn't focus on the hands). Black and white conversion from infrared.
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Did you know: Ninety percent of Americans older than 45 don't know that Medicare pays for hospice;
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No restrictions are placed on where they go or what they do. The focus is on quality of life...and having fun doing it! In fact, most patients and families say that they wish they had known about hospice sooner. It is a welcome answer to their needs.
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With all the excitement and fanfare associated with the birth of a baby, we should also provide tender compassionate care as our loved ones move from this life into the next.
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William Blake was born in 1757 near Golden Square, London, into a skilled working-class family, his father an artisan. In 1767 or 1768 he began to attend a drawing school in the Strand, run by Henry Parr, and this was the only formal schooling he was to receive; in 1772 he was apprenticed to James Basire, an engraver of some note, in order to begin a career in engraving, a difficult and complex skill which was to provide him with such limited financial security as he was ever able to obtain for the rest of his life. During the years of his apprenticeship he wrote his first poems, later known as the Poetical Sketches, some of which were conventionally eighteenth-century in topic and tone, others showing early evidence of the …
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FINDLAY, Ohio -- The Mercyhurst men's wrestling team continued its march toward the NCAA tournament with another impressive showing on Saturday. The Lakers dominated Findlay, earning three pins while grinding out a 42-3 win to improve to 17-1 this season.
The ninth-ranked Lakers started the match strongly, earning a pair of decisions and a forfeit in the first three bouts.
With the Lakers up 13-0, Jeremy Landowski picked up a pin in the first period of his bout at 149 pounds, before Angelo Bortoluzzi and Brian Beattie locked down pins in the first period of their bouts at 184 and 197 to secure the match.
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Los Angeles Councilman Tom LaBonge told the Los Angeles Times that a pine tree planted near Griffith Park's Observatory in 2004 to honor late Beatle George Harrison has died after an infestation of – wait for it – tree beetles.
As the paper notes, "Except for the loss of tree life, Harrison likely would have been amused at the irony."
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This fight will be made soon, very soon. Floyd saw that Bradley didnt get battered to a pulp, so now believes its possible to go 12 rounds with Pac and not be in hospital next morning, even if it means losing a decison to Pac.
Whats the worse thing that can happen Floyd has asked himself. And all he can come up with is he loses like Bradley did.
Twelve rounds? What a joke. If the fight happens, Roach will throw in the towel by the eighth round. By that time, Larry Merchant will be *****ing about what a dull fight it has become after initially saying that Pac will win and the cameras will have shown at least 10 shots of Pac's wife crying as she watches him get brutally beaten to a pulp by a guy that the the clowns who dominate this message board claim cannot punch.
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crazyguy001 6 years ago#1
lunarsword 6 years ago#2
i agree, especially the mage heroes. 3/4 turns and they can kill pretty much any ally in the game. tends to lead to the opponents total lockdown. those abilities need some serious balancing adjustments, such as damage reduction or cost increase.
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They are pretty OP especially with the portal card. pretty much once thats played its over. I found that the priest class does a pretty good job of countering mages.
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just play mages yourself to accumulate gold until next patch. With new cards and balanced adjustment, we can invest for new decks.
ThorFolklore 5 years ago#5
You guys are playing on 1.24, right? I use a Boris Skullcrusher Control/Aggro deck. Few mages can stand up to it. Elementals are my biggest problem.
fissionprimer 5 years ago#6
the "Draw a card for 2 resources" ability is the cheapest trick right now on the mages decks. Also poison and burn your hero, then use meteors, burst, ect. on him/her.
obvious sticky (;
ThorFolklore 5 years ago#7
Well, yeah, drawing an extra card once every two turns is very useful, but I wouldn't call it cheating or cheap. For an equally powerful ability, all you need to do is look at the Warrior ability Blood Frenzy. This card single-handedly gives Warrior decks the best drawing mechanism in the game (for now). All Majiya can do is play catch up when duelling against a Warrior deck. I include one Rampage in my deck to significantly (but not entirely) offset the slow burn from Blood Frenzy and also from being gassed and flamed. It's a game changer for me, that card.
PipForever 5 years ago#8
You just have to learn their weaknesses. First, they have no weapon/armor destruction. So, if you have a good armor or weapon they have no choice but try to wear it down with allies. This fact makes them very vulnerable to Hunters and Warriors.
Second, their spells are all decently high cost. So hit them quick if you don't/can't use weapons, and maybe use resource destruction. And finally, you can destroy their items fairly easily with Shriek and other item destruction cards.
But yeah, there are plenty of counters to mages.
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ThorFolklore 5 years ago#9
^ What he said.
But let's exclude resource destruction, yeah? It's not gonna be a very viable option anymore with 1.25.
PipForever 5 years ago#10
That's very true, but maybe it can still help a little in certain cases. At least, if you're using a priest deck, you can use plague while still casting low cost allies and then buff them with... That card that gives them +2 attack, haha.
But on the whole, yeah resource destruction is on the way out.
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