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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard
My challenge is that the hardware I have available to run Linux is pretty old.
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I am not sure I can help there....
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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard
My other challenge is getting my holey and rough SketchUp model into a file format that OpenFOAM can import.
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openFoam uses STL and obj format. You can export from SketchUp into STL using stl4su
STL for Sketchup - Browse Files at SourceForge.net. To install you need to download the stl4su.rb file and copy it in the plugins directory of the SketchUp installation. Then start SketchUp and the plugin should have added a "Export to STL" entry to the Tool menu (at least it does so under SketchUp 8).
I can't really help with the rough part of the SketchUp model, but for the holey part there are a number of things you can do:
- Leave it holey and cross your finger (it works sometime);
- Fix it using the openFoam utilities;
- [my preference] Fix it using Netfabb Studio Basic (free)
netfabb Basic
- Fix it using another mesh tool such as MeshLab.