NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

surfaceMeshExtract [OPTIONS] output

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

-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

-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

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