NAME

       surfaceMeshExtract - part of OpenFOAM (The Open Source CFD Toolbox).

SYNOPSIS

       surfaceMeshExtract [OPTIONS] output

DESCRIPTION

       Extract patch or faceZone surfaces from a polyMesh. The name is historical, it
       only triangulates faces when the output format requires it.

ARGUMENTS

       output The output surface file

OPTIONS

       -case dir
              Specify case directory to use (instead of the cwd)

       -constant
              Include the 'constant/' dir in the times list

       -excludeProcPatches
              Exclude processor patches

       -faceZones wordRes
              Specify single or multiple faceZones to extract Eg, 'cells' or '( slice "mfp-.*" )'

       -latestTime
              Select the latest time

       -noZero
              Exclude the '0/' dir from the times list

       -parallel
              Run in parallel [Parallel option]

       -patches wordRes
              Specify  single  patch  or  multiple  patches  to  extract.   Eg, 'top' or '( front
              ".*back" )'

       -region name
              Specify alternative mesh region

       -time ranges
              List of ranges. Eg, ':10,20 40:70 1000:', 'none', etc

       -doc   Display documentation in browser

       -help  Display short help and exit

       -help-full
              Display full help and exit

   ADVANCED OPTIONS
       -debug-switch name=val
              Specify the value of a registered debug switch.  Default  is  1  if  the  value  is
              omitted. (Can be used multiple times)

       -decomposeParDict file
              Use specified file for decomposePar dictionary

       -excludePatches wordRes
              Specify  single  patch or multiple patches to exclude from writing. Eg, 'outlet' or
              '( inlet ".*Wall" )'

       -fileHandler handler
              Override the file handler type

       -hostRoots ((host1 dir1) .. (hostN dirN))
              Per-host slave root directories for distributed running. The host specification can
              be a regex.  [Parallel option]

       -info-switch name=val
              Specify  the  value  of  a  registered  info  switch.  Default is 1 if the value is
              omitted. (Can be used multiple times)

       -lib name
              Additional library or library list to load (can be used multiple times)

       -noFunctionObjects
              Do not execute function objects

       -opt-switch name=val
              Specify the value of a registered optimisation switch (int/bool). Default is  1  if
              the value is omitted. (Can be used multiple times)

       -roots (dir1 .. dirN)
              Slave root directories for distributed running [Parallel option]

       -doc-source
              Display source code in browser

       -help-man
              Display full help (manpage format) and exit

       -help-notes
              Display help notes (description) and exit

SEE ALSO

       Online documentation https://www.openfoam.com/documentation/

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2018-2019 OpenCFD Ltd.