Random rndGen(653213); // Determine mesh bounding boxes: List meshBb ( 1, treeBoundBox ( boundBox(coarseMesh.points(), false) ).extend(rndGen, 1E-3) ); // Dummy bounds dictionary dictionary dict; dict.add("bounds", meshBb); dict.add ( "distributionType", distributedTriSurfaceMesh::distributionTypeNames_ [ distributedTriSurfaceMesh::FROZEN ] ); dict.add("mergeDistance", SMALL); labelHashSet includePatches; forAll(patches, patchI) { if (!isA(patches[patchI])) { includePatches.insert(patchI); } } distributedTriSurfaceMesh surfacesMesh ( IOobject ( "wallSurface.stl", runTime.constant(), // directory "triSurface", // instance runTime, // registry IOobject::NO_READ, IOobject::NO_WRITE ), triSurfaceTools::triangulate ( patches, includePatches ), dict ); //surfacesMesh.searchableSurface::write();