OpenFOAM Mesh Importer

A Blender addon for OpenFOAM mesh importing. Mesh data and boundary conditions can be imported to Blender for further visualization analysis.

Tested in Blender version 3.4.1, maybe work in Blender>=2.80.

Tested OpenFOAM 10 example case: $FOAM_TUTORIALS/incompressible/icoFoam/cavity/cavity

install

Download file io_import_OpenFOAM_mesh.py.

Open Blender, Click Edit -> Preferences -> Add-ons -> Install....

Select the io_import_OpenFOAM_mesh.py downloaded previously.

Check the box of OpenFOAM Mesh Importer addon.

Usage

Open Blender, Click File -> Import -> Import OpenFOAM Mesh.

Select the polyMesh directory (eg. "constant/polyMesh" under case directory) and import.

File Statement

io_import_OpenFOAM_mesh.py: main core of the mesh importer addon.

cavity: test example from OpenFOAM 10 tutorial. select this folder when testing the addon.

Dependency

openfoamparser: Corresponding parts have already been integrated in io_import_OpenFOAM_mesh.py and bug fixed.

numpy: already bundled with Blender>=2.80.

Therefore, no additional installation needed for dependency requirements.

License

MIT

Author

OpenFOAM Mesh Importer: SUN Smallwhite niasw@pku.edu.cn

openfoamparser: XU Xianghua, Jan Drees, Timothy-Edward-Kendon, YuyangL