A shape defined by inflating a segmented line into a tube with constant radius.

Not applicable to snappyHexMesh: only ‘near’ queries are implemented, i.e. no testing for intersections or inside/outside.

Usage🔗

cylinder2
{
    type            searchableExtrudedCircle;
    file            "curve2.vtk";
    radius          0.5;
}

Further information🔗

Tutorial

• repo_link2 “$FOAM_TUTORIALS/mesh/blockMesh/pipe/system/blockMeshDict}