# Butterfly blockmesh error: 'ascii' codec can't encode character in position 106

**URL:** <https://discourse.ladybug.tools/t/butterfly-blockmesh-error-ascii-codec-cant-encode-character-in-position-106/16759>\
**Category:** butterfly\
**Created:** [December 2, 2021, 7:47am UTC](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/t/butterfly-blockmesh-error-ascii-codec-cant-encode-character-in-position-106/16759 "2021-12-02T07:47:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![b.kim](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@b.kim](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/u/b.kim)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2021, 7:47am UTC](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/t/butterfly-blockmesh-error-ascii-codec-cant-encode-character-in-position-106/16759/1 "2021-12-02T07:47:19Z")

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Hi, I’m new to butterfly, I downloaded butterfly and opened it in grasshopper

However, once I ran BLOCKMESH, the issue like the picture below occurred continually.

I really don’t know how to solve this problem. Please give me a hand. Thanks!

 ![캡처](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/uploads/default/original/3X/7/2/72a333a47d118984eab40170ec97041084ffaf2e.png)

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**Author:** ![kinonotofu](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@kinonotofu](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/u/kinonotofu)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 12:21am UTC](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/t/butterfly-blockmesh-error-ascii-codec-cant-encode-character-in-position-106/16759/2 "2021-12-03T00:21:28Z")

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I think your problem is related to this thread.

> [@Butterfly Blockmesh component error](https://discourse.ladybug.tools/t/butterfly-blockmesh-component-error/7492):
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> Hi. I have installed OpenFoam. However the error of Blockmesh component appears in all the example files when I open them. The error message is:1. Solution exception:‘ascii’ codec can’t encode character ‘\u59DA’ in position 106. And other example files are the same. Traceback: Runtime error (EncoderFallbackException): ‘ascii’ codec can’t encode character ‘\u59DA’ in position 106 Traceback: line 206, in \_run\_ironpython, “C:\Users\ym\AppData\Roaming\McNeel\Rhinoceros\6.0\scripts\butterfly\runm…