Based on the screenshot OpenFOAM is not installed correctly on your machine. Does the folder exist on your machine? C:\Program Files (x86)\ESI\OpenFOAM\1606
I installed OF also in a desktop and i recall seeing that for this computer i need to change something on the BIOS. Can be related here too? I don’t remember what it be … any clues?
I don’t like touching the BIOS … this is a mine zone
Some progress was made, but still standing on the same spot.
Updated BF, restarted Rhino and GH = No results.
I enabled the VT-X/AMD-v in the BIOS as i noticed that i was required to do so. This is the progress i made. Now the file “do something”. It takes about 4 minutes in the blockMesh component, so something is happening. But at the end of the 4 minutes i get the same error as before. Tried to run the start_OF.bat externally, but no use either.
Those are the snapshots of both of them:
Be patient … and bear with me. Sorry for bothering with this … and thanks,
-A.
P.S. There is a chance it is related to the firewall of my university, or some other security issue for those trying to apply virtual machines/hosting.
I’ll try at home in the evening.
A more detailed image of the shell running the batch file manually:
Needed to uninstall and reinstall OF(After changing the BIOS the computer crashed on restart and also needed to recover it from a previous restore point. Hopefully it will be fine).
Still get the error in blockMesh. When running manually the start_OF.bat now i get this image:
I feel that there is a small progress but … not there yet.
Now it get stuck at the BF_loadProbes components, as you mentioned in this discussion. The difference is that no U or P values for both components. I was thinking that it is necessary to install the Paraview software, but i see that no need (for this issue).
The laptop, as you said, is still refusing to cooperate, even though i uninstalled and reinstalled OF (as i did in the desktop).
For the illustration, this is an image with the error in the desktop:
Good news from my side: I get manage to run one simulation fully (indoor_airflow example) on my laptop.
My first conclusion from my process to get there is: READ CAREFULLY THE INSTRUCTIONS!! I could save a lot of time if i did.
I recommend to add the install OF Readme to the recommendations thread. Specially people need to pay attention to the prerequisites (virtualization). Second of all, in case you uninstall and reinstall, before the later, be sure you delete the c:\users\YOUR_USER_NAME.docker and .VirtualBox. It took me 3 installations and 2 uninstalls to make it work.
Now i have a question not related to the thread. Once i get the results, how can i use them without running again. This is a very dumb question, but i don’t see the right component and input to do so.
And another thing. It is me or after the simulation is done (in the BF_simpleFoam) the GH canvas is behaving slowish? You can sense it pretty much.
Hagit: Not stuck :-). It is working. Tomorrow i’ll try the outdoor example, which i see is your case.
I disconnected the panel from the simpleFoam and now the slowness is fine.
A couple of questions more:
I get results for each 100 iterations. Can i see them?
I don’t succeed to see the mesh. I follow the instructions on the Getting Started page but in each try the mesh and pts outputs are null for the loadMesh/Pts components.
I managed to see the mesh and points. What happened is that i asked to compress the results before writing them. The component doesn’t know how to read the compressed files. Though the results themselves can be compressed and represented.