pyfoam 2020.5

Python Utilities for OpenFOAM

# Table of Contents

1. [What it is](#org8e27d27)

2. [Installation](#org5380b22)

3. [License](#orgf26070d)

4. [Contributors](#org0388d7f)

5. [Further reading](#org820f59e)

6. [This document](#orgca16204)

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# What it is

The purpose of this library is to support working with the OpenSource CFD-toolbox [OpenFOAM](http://www.openfoam.org) and its forks

This [Python](http://www.python.org) library can be used to

• analyze the logs produced by OpenFoam-solvers

• execute OpenFoam-solvers and utilities and analyze their output simultaneously

• manipulate the parameter files and the initial-conditions of a run in a non-destructive manner

• plots the residuals of OpenFOAM solvers

• lots of other stuff

Most of this functionality is made available to the user in the form of command-line utilities.

PyFoam does all this strictly “from the outside”: by writing parameter files and reading the output of the solvers. Without compiled parts or being linked to OpenFOAM.

More information is found on [the OpenFOAM Wiki](http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/Contrib_PyFoam). Introductory presentations on PyFoam can be found there

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# Installation

The easiest way to install PyFoam is the Python package-manager pip:

pip install PyFoam

which will install PyFoam

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# License

PyFoam is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. See the file COPYING in this directory, for a description of the GNU General Public License terms under which you can copy the files.

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# Contributors

If not otherwise noted in a source-files the primary author is Bernhard Gschaider

The people who contributed to PyFoam (If I forgot someone: tell me):

• Bernhard Gschaider

• Martin Beaudoin

• Fabian Pollesböck

• Etienne Lorriaux

• Bruno Santos

• Marc Immer

• Oliver Borm

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# Further reading

These documents give further information

• ReleaseNotes: list of the changes between versions (newest versions are on top).

• DeveloperNotes: document with information for people who want to contribute to PyFoam

For information on the usage see the presentations on [the PyFOAM page on the OpenFOAM-Wiki](https://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/Contrib_PyFoam)

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# This document

The original source of this document is README.org. The README.md (to which the README links) is automatically generated and should not be edited. The reason for this setup is that most Web-GUIs for VCS insist on Markdown as a markup language