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JLight
New Member Nishit Joseph Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 9 Rep Power: 2

Hi All I have been working on the cross-compiled version of OpenFOAM-1.7.0 and thought it will be a good idea to share it. Please follow the link below if you are interested. https://sourceforge.net/projects/openfoam-170/ All credit goes to the good people who made this possible, please check this link to know who and how http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/Ti...ows_with_MinGW Any issues, please post them here and i will try to resolve them. Cheers! JLight

December 11, 2010, 12:55

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stomakos
New Member Damir Cavar Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 4

Thanks a lot!

December 15, 2010, 13:28

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rock.senthilkumar
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Thank you very much..

senthilkumar.R Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Ranchi, India Posts: 19 Rep Power: 2

January 4, 2011, 14:57

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Tobi

one question...

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Tobias Holzmann Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Augsburg (Bavaria / Germany) Posts: 66 Rep Power: 2

OF 1.7.0 -> need the chtMultiRegionFoam which can solve water - like the chtMultiRegionLiquid tutorial in the 1.7.x git version ? Tobi

March 7, 2011, 12:49

How to use OpenFOAM 1.7.0 for Win32?

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Technoyoungman
New Member Min Thaw Tun Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Kaluga, Russia Posts: 4 Rep Power: 2

Hi Mr. Nishit Joseph or JLight I'm a Master Student studying on Design of Gas Turbine Engine. I want to analyze my design with OpenFOAM. I'm a window user and found your projectOpenFOAM-1.7.0 for Win32 on sourceforge.net. First of all, I like to appreciate your contribution and effort. But I'm facing difficulty on using OpenFOAM 1.7.0 for Win32. 1. I've downloaded the OpenFOAM-1.7.0.7z and README.txt from http://sourceforge.net/projects/openfoam-170/files/. 2. Extract the zipped files and follow the instructions. 3. I installed the MPICH2 software. Then I don't know what to do. Fortunately I found the other process from this link http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/Ti...ows_with_MinGW 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Open a command line (Start->Run... or Winkey+R and run cmd.exe). Go to the bin folder where MPICH2 is installed (e.g. cd C:\Program Files\MPICH2\bin). Type:smpd -installto install the MPICH2 smpd service. Now run the OpenFOAM terminal (double click on the file DOS_Mode.bat). Type: mpiexec.exe -register In the OpenFOAM terminal, go to the folder ofuser-1.6 (or $USER-1.6) and unpack the test case PTestCase.tar.gz; 7. Go into the pTestCase case folder; 8. Type:gompi parallelTest

I did all the step and everything fine except the step no.6. I found parallelTest.exe in the directory \OpenFoam\USRNAME-1.7.0\applications\bin\linuxmingw-w32DPOpt\ . So I ran DOS_Mode.bat and change directory to the above directory. and type gompi parallelTest Then I got an error message instead of showing test case. Error: must specify a number greater than 0 after the -n option Unable to parse the mpiexec command arguments.

Well I don't know how to continue. Could you give me some guides on this issue. Now I'm using Window 7 Ultimate Version. Processor: Intel Core(TM)2 Duo T550 @ 1.83Ghz Memory : 2.00 GB System type: 32 bit Operation System Sony VAIO VGN-NR385E NoteBook. Thanks in advance! Sincerely Technoyoungman

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March 7, 2011, 13:04

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Tobi
Member Tobias Holzmann Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Augsburg (Bavaria / Germany) Posts: 66 Rep Power: 2

Hey technoyoungman, if you are using W7 and don 't want to get linux or some distribution you can use a LIVE DVD which load ubuntu and all tools and applications / programs for pre-processing - solving and post-processing. maybe some suggestion http://caelinux.com include OpenFOAM 1.7 Best regards Tobi

March 7, 2011, 16:27

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Technoyoungman
New Member Min Thaw Tun Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Kaluga, Russia Posts: 4 Rep Power: 2

Hi Tobi Thanks for your suggestion. I got 32 bit OS and I have no knowledge of Linux or Ubuntu OS. :confus ed: Well, I'll try anyway. That's a huge ISO to download.

March 9, 2011, 06:54

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JLight
New Member Nishit Joseph Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 9 Rep Power: 2

Hi Technoyoungman Happy you like the post. Regarding your problem... Frankly i do not use your method so i may not be able to help you .... what i normally do to run a parallel execution of (for example) sonicFoam i use mpiexec -n 2 sonicFoam -parallel The "-n 2" indicated to use 2 processes so if you can run 8 you will use "-n 8" Using your method ... i am not sure where you will have to define "-n #" where (# >=1 ). The problem is i do not have the program anymore ... as i have shifted to Linux completely and.. my internet connection is slow so cannot afford to download the file again and look into one batch file Try the way i told you... but if you want to use your way ... try editing the batch file to ensure the arguments "-n #" is passed to mpiexec (# >=1 ) Cheers! Good luck

March 10, 2011, 07:35

Everything is fine.

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Technoyoungman
New Member Min Thaw Tun Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Kaluga, Russia Posts: 4 Rep Power: 2

Hi JLight, Thanks you for your reply. Actually I haven't known how to start and run openfoam in Dos Mode. Now, I can run it on my W7. It works well. I mean tutorials. But I don't find doxygen folder in the doc directory. Is it needed or not? Will you continue your OpenFOAM for MS Window project, if u moved to Linux?

March 17, 2011, 12:18

OpenFoam installing

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Alain CFD
New Member Alain delabarre Join Date: Mar 2011

Hello every one, I followed the directives to install OpenFOAM showed by Technoyoungman, but I have not understand all can you help me to finish my installation,

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I installed everything as arriving at the point 6 and after 6. In the OpenFOAM terminal, go to the folder ofuser-1.6 (or $USER-1.6) and unpack the test case PTestCase.tar.gz; 7. Go into the pTestCase case folder; 8. Type:gompi parallelTestI don't find the folder ofuser-1.6 on my Pc When I run OpenFoam with the command: mpiexec -n 2 sonicFoam -parallel I obtain a message Error while connecting to host, Thanks

March 20, 2011, 05:44

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Technoyoungman
New Member Min Thaw Tun Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Kaluga, Russia Posts: 4 Rep Power: 2

Hi Alain CFD!! You don't have to run these tasks. I took misunderstand. All u need are 1. Download the file 2. Unzip it 3. Install MPICH2 for 32 Bit Operation System. * **(If ur system is 64 Bit just ignore it. Let's say 32 Bit) So You have two options here. It is written on the project page. If u installed the MPICH2 follow the lower instruction, or else follow the upper one. Installation Instructions 001 Extract the folder 002 If you can/want-to install MPICH2 goto line 100 003 Edit \OpenFOAM\setvars.bat in your fav text editor 004 locate 'set WM_MPLIB=MPICH' (line 139) 005 comment the line by typing rem before set 006 Uncomment the line above this line such that it says 007+ set WM_MPLIB=dummy (line 138) 008 start using OpenFOAM by running dosmode.bat 009 END 100 Install Provided MPICH2 or download form MPICH2 website 101 Edit \OpenFOAM\setvars.bat in your fav text editor 102 locate variable PATH (line 202) and edit the last 103+ entry 'C:\Program Files\MPICH2\bin' to reflect the bin 104+ directory of MPICH2 on your computer 105 start using OpenFOAM by running dosmode.bat 106 END That means u don't have to change anything if u installed the MPICH2 and don't change it's installed directory. Then U can start ur first tutorial. 1. Double click or run DOS_Mode.bat You will see like that on the Dos Screen C:\OpenFoam\ 2. change ur directory to the tutorial directory. cd USRNAME-1.7.0\tutorials\incompressible\icoFoam\cavity\ 3. now lets create the mesh. Type! blockmesh 4. Wait a bit. It is now meshing until Dos show u the tutorials directory "C:\OpenFoam\USRNAME-1.7.0\tutorials\incompressible\icoFoam\cavity\" 5. Well U can view the mesh now. Type! parafoam Wait ParaView will launch and u can view the mesh. Just read user guide. 6. now it is simulation time. in Dos Window type!! icoFoam U will see the Dos is showing the processing. Wait until Dos show u the tutorials directory. 7. close Paraview and Type in Dos parafom Now u have done ur fisrt tutorials :P

May 3, 2011, 02:46

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Andy1
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Hi, The prebuilt OpenFoam code really saves a lot of work, time and trouble!

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Thanks a lot!! Unfortunately in my case, I do not get any of those tutorials running where there is porous media involved. They all stop after creating the porous zone; e.g. for tutorial filter the last lines in log.porousExplicitSourceReactingParcelFoam are Creating porous zones Creating porous zone: filter Also for log.rhoPorousSimpleFoam of angledDuctExplicit the execution ends suddenly with the last line being: Creating porous zone: porosity Anyone an idea? Does this only happen for me? Another strange thing (which is probably not related to my problem), is that the log file always tells me SigFpe : Enabling floating point exception trapping (FOAM_SIGFPE). no matter how I set the environment variable FOAM_SIGFPE. Any help is apprcciated, Andreas

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