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Fieldview9 reader module
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This is a version of the fvbin executable with a built-in reader for Foam
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data.
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1] Limitations
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- only volScalarFields and volVectorFields and only on points, not on boundary.
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- handles polyhedra by decomposition (introduces cell centre)
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- no surface fields, no lagrangian fields, no tetFem fields.
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- does not run in parallel
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2] Building
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It has only been tested on Linux. Other platforms should build with a little
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bit of effort. Have a look at the Fieldview link script and see which options
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you need to add to Make/options to make it build.
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Instructions:
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0. Make sure FV_HOME is set to the root of the FieldView installation.
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(i.e. $FV_HOME/user should exist)
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1. Add $FV_HOME/bin to your path and make sure you can actually run fv.
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2. Make the new fv executable by typing
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wmake
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This should create an 'fvbinFoam' executable.
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3. On Linux you can directly run this executable instead of through the 'fv'
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script. On other machines you might have to backup the old $FV_HOME/bin/fvbin
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executable and move the fvbinFoam one into its position. Now you can use the
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fv script to start it all up.
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3] Running
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After starting it up (see step above) you should have a 'Foam Reader' under
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the 'Data Files' pull-down menu. This will open a file selection box. Go to the
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case directory and click on any file. The reader will recognize that the
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current directory is a case directory (it has checks for a 'constant' directory)
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and start reading the mesh. It will
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pop-up a box with time steps and a list of variables as usual.
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In case of a case with topology changes (i.e. more than one mesh) it
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will ask for the time step a second time. This is due to a limitation in
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Fieldview. Choose the same time as before.
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In the terminal window it will print various informational messages.
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A not fairly well tested feature is cellSet displaying. Instead of selecting
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a case directory selecting a cellSet (in a polyMesh/sets/ directory) it
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will try to subset the mesh using the selected cellSet. It is not possible
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to display fields on subsetted meshes.
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