localFoamToTecplot360

This is an adaptation of foamToTecplot360 from the original OpenFOAM(R), designed for those using the Debian/RPM installation packages of OpenFOAM. This adaptation in no way supported by the original authors and trademark holders, namely:

OPENFOAM and OpenCFD are registered trademarks of OpenCFD Ltd (ESI Group).
Tecplot is a registered trademark of Tecplot, Inc.

Most of the original sources used in this repository, have been retrieved from:

This git repository was brought to you by Bruno Santos (wyldckat@github working at blueCAPE Lda).

License

The code contained in this repository is following the same license as OpenFOAM, namely the GNU General Public License v3.

Installation

Note: The code available in this repository has been tested on Linux, should work on Mac OS X (as seen here) and is not intended to be used on Windows. Nonetheless, further adaptations may be put into place when the time comes.

There are two ways of downloading and installing this code:

Using Git

Run the following instructions as normal user:

Assuming you have git already installed and a working OpenFOAM installation, run:

mkdir -p $WM_PROJECT_USER_DIR
cd $WM_PROJECT_USER_DIR
git clone git://github.com/wyldckat/localFoamToTecplot360.git
cd localFoamToTecplot360

Now check the list of branches that exist:

git branch -a

You should see something like this:

* master
  remotes/origin/master
  remotes/origin/of17
  remotes/origin/of20
  remotes/origin/of21
  remotes/origin/of22
  remotes/origin/of23
  remotes/origin/of30
  remotes/origin/of4
  remotes/origin/of5
  remotes/origin/ofdev

The ones that start with of indicate for which versions of OpenFOAM this repository is currently working.

So for example, if you are using OpenFOAM 2.1.1, then checkout the respective branch:
```
git checkout of21
```
On the other hand, if are using OpenFOAM 2.4, then you can simply use the of23 branch.
Now you can launch the build process:
```
./Allwmake
```
It will do everything pretty much autonomous, although midway it asks for you to press the Enter keyboard key when the libtecio library is finished unpacking.

It should end with a line similar to this one:

-llagrangian -lfiniteVolume -lgenericPatchFields -lmeshTools -L/home/user/OpenFOAM/user-2.1.0/platforms/linux64GccDPOpt/lib -ltecio -lOpenFOAM -ldl   -lm -o /home/user/OpenFOAM/user-2.1.0/platforms/linux64GccDPOpt/bin/foamToTecplot360

If all went well, you can now learn how ot use this conversor by running the following command:
```
foamToTecplot360 -help
```

Using Zip or Tar

Run the following instructions as normal user:

Assuming you have a working OpenFOAM installation, run:
```
mkdir -p $WM_PROJECT_USER_DIR
cd $WM_PROJECT_USER_DIR
```

Now, depending on the version of OpenFOAM you've got, download the respective package you need.

For OpenFOAM 1.7.0, 1.7.1 and 1.7.x, run either one of the following group of lines:

# If you want to download in tar format
wget "https://github.com/wyldckat/localFoamToTecplot360/archive/of17.tar.gz"
tar -xf of17.tar.gz