SURFTOOL Usage
Usage: surftool [options]
operate on a particular surface in the grid
options:
-surfid # : specifies the surface(s) to work with
-invertsurfid : use all surfaces EXCEPT the surfaces specified by -surfid
-delete : removes the surface given by -surfid from the grid
-extract : writes the surface given by -surfid to a grid file
-all : requests all surfaces to be used
-mapto # : maps the surface given by -surfid to #
-hotspots : check the specified surface for screwed up boundary layers
-triangulate : triangulates the specified surface
-retag : re-tags pieces of the specified surface that lie within a
specified bounding box with an unique tag
-offset_tag # : offset the surface id by the given offset for the specified
surfaces
-ogrid : name of the grid file to write
-igrid : name of the grid file to read
-osurf : name of the surface grid file to write. Default: -ogrid name
-discardvtags : even if volume tags are appended to the grid file, discard
them
-area : compute the area of the specified surfaces
-applygridbc #: apply volume grid generation boundary condition to the
specified surface
0 - None (Isotropic)
1 - Viscous
2 - Rebuild
3 - Source
4 - Transparent
5 - Transparent-Delete
-reconnectbc #: apply volume grid generation reconnection flag to the
specified surface
0 - Reconnection off
1 - Reconnection on
-reverseconn : reverse the connectivity of the faces for the specified
surface
-compress_tag : renumber all surface ids so that they are numbered
consecutively
-tagsummary : print the number of faces for the specified surface
-pov : write out a pov file for the specified surface
-help, -h : prints this help screen
-version : prints the version information of the executable
and the associated libraries
-ver : prints the version number of the executable
-build : prints the build number of the executable