Hello Team, Greetings. I would like to bring to your notice that when we install OpenFOAM alone (using commands on OpenFoam webpage, https://openfoam.org/download/6-ubuntu/), all the commands of paraFoam such as -block, -builtin, -case work perfectly fine.
However, when we install CFDEM setup (as per https://www.cfdem.com/media/CFDEM/do...ng_Manual.html), we have everything working, that is, OpenFOAM, LIGGGHTS and coupled OpenFOAM - LIGGGHTS but only the paraFoam does not work.
Can someone let me know how to fix this? When I issue paraFoam in case folder, I get the following message.
Please build the reader module before continuing:
cd $FOAM_UTILITIES/postProcessing/graphics/PVReaders
./Allwclean
./Allwmake
It does not work even after issuing these commands and ends up into new error.
Allwmake applications/utilities/postProcessing/graphics/PVReaders
ERROR: ParaView not found in /home/jb/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-5.x/platforms/linux64Gcc/ParaView-5.4.0
Actually, the above folder does not exist. Can someone let me know how to fix this?
Thank you,
jagan1mohan
mschramm | Sun, 06/14/2020 - 06:29
don't need to use paraFoam
You do not need to use parafoam to view results. Paraview can not read in openfoam simulations as long as you give them a cfd.foam file.
You can simply do
touch cfd.foam
to get this file. With this you can view your simulations.
Load in the CFD simulation to view the cfd as you normally would.
Load in the cfd again but this time only view the Lagrangian points to view particles.