NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

       foamToVTK [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

       General OpenFOAM to VTK file writer

OPTIONS

       -allRegions
              Operate on all regions in regionProperties

       -ascii Write in ASCII format instead of binary

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

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

       -fields wordRes
              Specify  single  or  multiple  fields  to write (all by default) Eg, 'T' or '(p T U
              "alpha.*")'

       -latestTime
              Select the latest time

       -name subdir
              Directory name for VTK output (default: 'VTK')

       -no-boundary
              Suppress output for boundary patches

       -no-internal
              Suppress output for internal volume mesh

       -no-lagrangian
              Suppress writing lagrangian positions and fields

       -no-point-data
              Suppress conversion of pointFields. No interpolated PointData.

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

       -one-boundary
              Combine all patches into a single file

       -overwrite
              Remove any existing VTK output directory

       -parallel
              Run in parallel [Parallel option]

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

       -region name
              Specify alternative mesh region

       -regions wordRes
              Operate on selected regions from regionProperties.  Eg, '( gas "solid.*" )'

       -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
       -cellSet name
              Convert mesh subset corresponding to specified cellSet

       -cellZone name
              Convert mesh subset corresponding to specified cellZone

       -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" )'

       -faceSet name
              Convert specified faceSet only

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

       -fileHandler handler
              Override the file handler type

       -finiteAreaFields
              Write finite area fields

       -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)

       -legacy
              Write legacy format instead of xml

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

       -nearCellValue
              Use cell value on patches instead of patch value itself

       -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)

       -pointSet name
              Convert specified pointSet only

       -poly-decomp
              Decompose polyhedral cells into tets/pyramids

       -processor-fields
              Write field values on processor boundaries only

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

       -surfaceFields
              Write surfaceScalarFields (eg, phi)

       -with-ids
              Additional mesh id fields (cellID, procID, patchID)

       -with-point-ids
              Additional pointID field for internal mesh

       -doc-source
              Display source code in browser

       -help-compat
              Display compatibility options and exit

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

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

   COMPATIBILITY OPTIONS
       -allPatches (now -one-boundary)
              The option was last used in 1806.

       -noLagrangian (now -no-lagrangian)
              The option was last used in 1806.

       -noPointValues (now -no-point-data)
              The option was last used in 1806.

       -noFaceZones
              This option is ignored after 1806.

       -noLinks
              This option is ignored after 1806.

       -poly  This option is ignored after 1806.

       -useTimeName
              This option is ignored after 1806.

       -xml   This option is ignored after 1806.

SEE ALSO

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

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2018-2019 OpenCFD Ltd.