# Paraview crashes when trying to open an OpenFOAM mesh file

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-crashes-when-trying-to-open-an-openfoam-mesh-file/10773
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [November 16, 2022, 6:51pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-crashes-when-trying-to-open-an-openfoam-mesh-file/10773 "2022-11-16T18:51:19Z")
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### Author: ![finzeo](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/ea5d25/32.png) [@finzeo](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/finzeo)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2022, 6:51pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-crashes-when-trying-to-open-an-openfoam-mesh-file/10773/1 "2022-11-16T18:51:19Z")

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Hi all,

I am using OpenFOAM only to create a mesh (using blockmesh and snappyhexmesh), to simulate the flow around a vehicle in other software (code\_saturne) using FVM. It is a mesh of around 40 million cells. I would like to be able to visualize the mesh using ParaFOAM (or Paraview), prior to using code\_saturne.

The problem is that when I run ParaFOAM (or Paraview, and loading the \*.foam file), during the loading process the case closes, either from my own PC or from a server with a lot of RAM (in case that was the cause). I did the latter since I have NO problems seeing a mesh of about 10 million cells.

I show four different messages: when using ParaFOAM/Paraview in my PC and in a remote server

**Using Paraview in my PC:**

> Gtk-Message: 15:40:31.656: Failed to load module “canberra-gtk-module”  
> AutoMPI: SUCCESS: command is:  
> “/usr/bin/mpiexec” “-np” “4” “/usr/lib/paraview/pvserver” “–server-port=37021”  
> AutoMPI: starting process server  
> -------------- server output --------------  
> Waiting for client…  
> AutoMPI: server successfully started.  
> ERROR: In /build/paraview-lH8wFv/paraview-5.4.1+dfsg3/VTK/Common/System/vtkSocket.cxx, line 572  
> vtkClientSocket (0x55b55ee3dac0): Socket error in call to send. Tubería rota.
> 
> ERROR: In /build/paraview-lH8wFv/paraview-5.4.1+dfsg3/VTK/Common/System/vtkSocket.cxx, line 572  
> vtkClientSocket (0x55b55ee3dac0): Socket error in call to send. Tubería rota.
> 
> ERROR: In /build/paraview-lH8wFv/paraview-5.4.1+dfsg3/VTK/Common/System/vtkSocket.cxx, line 572  
> vtkClientSocket (0x55b55ee3dac0): Socket error in call to send. Tubería rota.
> 
> ERROR: In /build/paraview-lH8wFv/paraview-5.4.1+dfsg3/ParaViewCore/ServerManager/Core/vtkSMSessionClient.cxx, line 786  
> vtkSMSessionClient (0x55b55e3cac70): Server failed to gather information.
> 
> ERROR: In /build/paraview-lH8wFv/paraview-5.4.1+dfsg3/VTK/Common/System/vtkSocket.cxx, line 572  
> vtkClientSocket (0x55b55ee3dac0): Socket error in call to send. Tubería rota.
> 
> ERROR: In /build/paraview-lH8wFv/paraview-5.4.1+dfsg3/VTK/Common/System/vtkSocket.cxx, line 572  
> vtkClientSocket (0x55b55ee3dac0): Socket error in call to send. Tubería rota.
> 
> ERROR: In /build/paraview-lH8wFv/paraview-5.4.1+dfsg3/VTK/Common/System/vtkSocket.cxx, line 572  
> vtkClientSocket (0x55b55ee3dac0): Socket error in call to send. Tubería rota.
> 
> ERROR: In /build/paraview-lH8wFv/paraview-5.4.1+dfsg3/VTK/Common/System/vtkSocket.cxx, line 572  
> vtkClientSocket (0x55b55ee3dac0): Socket error in call to send. Tubería rota.
> 
> ERROR: In /build/paraview-lH8wFv/paraview-5.4.1+dfsg3/VTK/Common/System/vtkSocket.cxx, line 572  
> vtkClientSocket (0x55b55ee3dac0): Socket error in call to send. Tubería rota.
> 
> paraview: /build/paraview-lH8wFv/paraview-5.4.1+dfsg3/VTK/Parallel/Core/vtkMultiProcessStream.cxx:777: vtkMultiProcessStream& vtkMultiProcessStream::operator\>\>(std::\_\_cxx11::string&): La declaración `this->Internals->Data.front() == vtkInternals::string_value' no se cumple. Abortado (`core’ generado)

**Using ParaFOAM in my PC:**

> Segmentation fault (core dumped)

**Using Paraview from a remote server:**

> [cluster62:110445] \*\*\* Process received signal \*\*\*  
> [cluster62:110445] Signal: Violaci�n de segmento (11)  
> [cluster62:110445] Signal code: Address not mapped (1)  
> [cluster62:110445] Failing at address: 0x7115000  
> [cluster62:110445] [0] /lib64/libpthread.so.0[0x3d8ac0f7e0]  
> [cluster62:110445] [1] /lib64/libc.so.6(memcpy+0x292)[0x3d8a0899b2]  
> [cluster62:110445] [2] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkIOGeometry-pv5.6.so.1(+0x149788)[0x7fb5e11a0788]  
> [cluster62:110445] [3] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkIOGeometry-pv5.6.so.1(+0x14b091)[0x7fb5e11a2091]  
> [cluster62:110445] [4] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkIOGeometry-pv5.6.so.1(+0x12a004)[0x7fb5e1181004]  
> [cluster62:110445] [5] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkIOGeometry-pv5.6.so.1(+0x13d146)[0x7fb5e1194146]  
> [cluster62:110445] [6] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkIOGeometry-pv5.6.so.1(_ZN17vtkOpenFOAMReader11RequestDataEP14vtkInformationPP20vtkInformationVectorS3_+0x5cf)[0x7fb5e1196c4d]  
> [cluster62:110445] [7] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkIOParallel-pv5.6.so.1(_ZN18vtkPOpenFOAMReader11RequestDataEP14vtkInformationPP20vtkInformationVectorS3_+0x55)[0x7fb5e1aa6ec3]  
> [cluster62:110445] [8] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkCommonExecutionModel-pv5.6.so.1(_ZN29vtkMultiBlockDataSetAlgorithm14ProcessRequestEP14vtkInformationPP20vtkInformationVectorS3_+0xa1)[0x7fb5d8ddfe61]  
> [cluster62:110445] [9] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkCommonExecutionModel-pv5.6.so.1(_ZN12vtkExecutive13CallAlgorithmEP14vtkInformationiPP20vtkInformationVectorS3_+0x83)[0x7fb5d8dc6ee9]  
> [cluster62:110445] [10] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkCommonExecutionModel-pv5.6.so.1(_ZN23vtkDemandDrivenPipeline11ExecuteDataEP14vtkInformationPP20vtkInformationVectorS3_+0x67)[0x7fb5d8dbf0b9]  
> [cluster62:110445] [11] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkCommonExecutionModel-pv5.6.so.1(_ZN24vtkCompositeDataPipeline11ExecuteDataEP14vtkInformationPP20vtkInformationVectorS3_+0x492)[0x7fb5d8db5258]  
> [cluster62:110445] [12] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkCommonExecutionModel-pv5.6.so.1(_ZN23vtkDemandDrivenPipeline14ProcessRequestEP14vtkInformationPP20vtkInformationVectorS3_+0x46b)[0x7fb5d8dbe7e7]  
> [cluster62:110445] [13] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkCommonExecutionModel-pv5.6.so.1(_ZN32vtkStreamingDemandDrivenPipeline14ProcessRequestEP14vtkInformationPP20vtkInformationVectorS3_+0x932)[0x7fb5d8e0133c]  
> [cluster62:110445] [14] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkCommonExecutionModel-pv5.6.so.1(\_ZN24vtkCompositeDataPipeline15ForwardUpstreamEP14vtkInformation+0x2d8)[0x7fb5d8db792e]  
> [cluster62:110445] [15] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkCommonExecutionModel-pv5.6.so.1(_ZN23vtkDemandDrivenPipeline14ProcessRequestEP14vtkInformationPP20vtkInformationVectorS3_+0x3da)[0x7fb5d8dbe756]  
> [cluster62:110445] [16] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkCommonExecutionModel-pv5.6.so.1(_ZN32vtkStreamingDemandDrivenPipeline14ProcessRequestEP14vtkInformationPP20vtkInformationVectorS3_+0x932)[0x7fb5d8e0133c]  
> [cluster62:110445] [17] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkCommonExecutionModel-pv5.6.so.1(\_ZN23vtkDemandDrivenPipeline10UpdateDataEi+0x315)[0x7fb5d8dbef15]  
> [cluster62:110445] [18] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkCommonExecutionModel-pv5.6.so.1(\_ZN32vtkStreamingDemandDrivenPipeline6UpdateEiP20vtkInformationVector+0x172)[0x7fb5d8e0164a]  
> [cluster62:110445] [19] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkCommonExecutionModel-pv5.6.so.1(\_ZN32vtkStreamingDemandDrivenPipeline6UpdateEi+0x30)[0x7fb5d8e014d6]  
> [cluster62:110445] [20] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkPVServerImplementationCore-pv5.6.so.1(\_ZN16vtkSISourceProxy14UpdatePipelineEidb+0x1b8)[0x7fb5e8ad8b94]  
> [cluster62:110445] [21] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkPVServerManagerApplication-pv5.6.so.1(\_Z23vtkSISourceProxyCommandP26vtkClientServerInterpreterP13vtkObjectBasePKcRK21vtkClientServerStreamRS5\_Pv+0x712)[0x7fb5ec096082]  
> [cluster62:110445] [22] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkClientServer-pv5.6.so.1(_ZN26vtkClientServerInterpreter19CallCommandFunctionEPKcP13vtkObjectBaseS1\_RK21vtkClientServerStreamRS4_+0x315)[0x7fb5e6b5986f]  
> [cluster62:110445] [23] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkClientServer-pv5.6.so.1(\_ZN26vtkClientServerInterpreter20ProcessCommandInvokeERK21vtkClientServerStreami+0x1c5)[0x7fb5e6b58043]  
> [cluster62:110445] [24] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkClientServer-pv5.6.so.1(\_ZN26vtkClientServerInterpreter17ProcessOneMessageERK21vtkClientServerStreami+0x135)[0x7fb5e6b5764d]  
> [cluster62:110445] [25] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkClientServer-pv5.6.so.1(\_ZN26vtkClientServerInterpreter13ProcessStreamERK21vtkClientServerStream+0x2f)[0x7fb5e6b574e7]  
> [cluster62:110445] [26] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkPVServerImplementationCore-pv5.6.so.1(\_ZN16vtkPVSessionCore21ExecuteStreamInternalERK21vtkClientServerStreamb+0xde)[0x7fb5e8a8b2d4]  
> [cluster62:110445] [27] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkPVServerImplementationCore-pv5.6.so.1(\_ZN16vtkPVSessionCore13ExecuteStreamEjRK21vtkClientServerStreamb+0x1f5)[0x7fb5e8a8b0d3]  
> [cluster62:110445] [28] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkPVServerImplementationCore-pv5.6.so.1(\_ZN16vtkPVSessionBase13ExecuteStreamEjRK21vtkClientServerStreamb+0x5a)[0x7fb5e8a87700]  
> [cluster62:110445] [29] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkPVServerManagerCore-pv5.6.so.1(\_ZN10vtkSMProxy13ExecuteStreamERK21vtkClientServerStreambj+0xaa)[0x7fb5e8f5bad6]  
> [cluster62:110445] \*\*\* End of error message \*\*\*  
> Violaci�n de segmento

**Using ParaFOAM from a remote server:**

> [cluster62:115389] \*\*\* Process received signal \*\*\*  
> [cluster62:115389] Signal: Segmentation fault (11)  
> [cluster62:115389] Signal code: Address not mapped (1)  
> [cluster62:115389] Failing at address: 0x6ed6000  
> [cluster62:115389] [0] /lib64/libpthread.so.0[0x3d8ac0f7e0]  
> [cluster62:115389] [1] /lib64/libc.so.6(memcpy+0x2e3)[0x3d8a089a03]  
> [cluster62:115389] [2] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkIOGeometry-pv5.6.so.1(+0x149788)[0x7fcf8a9d7788]  
> [cluster62:115389] [3] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkIOGeometry-pv5.6.so.1(+0x14b091)[0x7fcf8a9d9091]  
> [cluster62:115389] [4] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkIOGeometry-pv5.6.so.1(+0x12a004)[0x7fcf8a9b8004]  
> [cluster62:115389] [5] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkIOGeometry-pv5.6.so.1(+0x13d146)[0x7fcf8a9cb146]  
> [cluster62:115389] [6] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkIOGeometry-pv5.6.so.1(_ZN17vtkOpenFOAMReader11RequestDataEP14vtkInformationPP20vtkInformationVectorS3_+0x5cf)[0x7fcf8a9cdc4d]  
> [cluster62:115389] [7] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkIOParallel-pv5.6.so.1(_ZN18vtkPOpenFOAMReader11RequestDataEP14vtkInformationPP20vtkInformationVectorS3_+0x55)[0x7fcf8b2ddec3]  
> [cluster62:115389] [8] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkCommonExecutionModel-pv5.6.so.1(_ZN29vtkMultiBlockDataSetAlgorithm14ProcessRequestEP14vtkInformationPP20vtkInformationVectorS3_+0xa1)[0x7fcf82615e61]  
> [cluster62:115389] [9] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkCommonExecutionModel-pv5.6.so.1(_ZN12vtkExecutive13CallAlgorithmEP14vtkInformationiPP20vtkInformationVectorS3_+0x83)[0x7fcf825fcee9]  
> [cluster62:115389] [10] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkCommonExecutionModel-pv5.6.so.1(_ZN23vtkDemandDrivenPipeline11ExecuteDataEP14vtkInformationPP20vtkInformationVectorS3_+0x67)[0x7fcf825f50b9]  
> [cluster62:115389] [11] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkCommonExecutionModel-pv5.6.so.1(_ZN24vtkCompositeDataPipeline11ExecuteDataEP14vtkInformationPP20vtkInformationVectorS3_+0x492)[0x7fcf825eb258]  
> [cluster62:115389] [12] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkCommonExecutionModel-pv5.6.so.1(_ZN23vtkDemandDrivenPipeline14ProcessRequestEP14vtkInformationPP20vtkInformationVectorS3_+0x46b)[0x7fcf825f47e7]  
> [cluster62:115389] [13] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkCommonExecutionModel-pv5.6.so.1(_ZN32vtkStreamingDemandDrivenPipeline14ProcessRequestEP14vtkInformationPP20vtkInformationVectorS3_+0x932)[0x7fcf8263733c]  
> [cluster62:115389] [14] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkCommonExecutionModel-pv5.6.so.1(\_ZN24vtkCompositeDataPipeline15ForwardUpstreamEP14vtkInformation+0x2d8)[0x7fcf825ed92e]  
> [cluster62:115389] [15] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkCommonExecutionModel-pv5.6.so.1(_ZN23vtkDemandDrivenPipeline14ProcessRequestEP14vtkInformationPP20vtkInformationVectorS3_+0x3da)[0x7fcf825f4756]  
> [cluster62:115389] [16] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkCommonExecutionModel-pv5.6.so.1(_ZN32vtkStreamingDemandDrivenPipeline14ProcessRequestEP14vtkInformationPP20vtkInformationVectorS3_+0x932)[0x7fcf8263733c]  
> [cluster62:115389] [17] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkCommonExecutionModel-pv5.6.so.1(\_ZN23vtkDemandDrivenPipeline10UpdateDataEi+0x315)[0x7fcf825f4f15]  
> [cluster62:115389] [18] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkCommonExecutionModel-pv5.6.so.1(\_ZN32vtkStreamingDemandDrivenPipeline6UpdateEiP20vtkInformationVector+0x172)[0x7fcf8263764a]  
> [cluster62:115389] [19] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkCommonExecutionModel-pv5.6.so.1(\_ZN32vtkStreamingDemandDrivenPipeline6UpdateEi+0x30)[0x7fcf826374d6]  
> [cluster62:115389] [20] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkPVServerImplementationCore-pv5.6.so.1(\_ZN16vtkSISourceProxy14UpdatePipelineEidb+0x1b8)[0x7fcf9230eb94]  
> [cluster62:115389] [21] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkPVServerManagerApplication-pv5.6.so.1(\_Z23vtkSISourceProxyCommandP26vtkClientServerInterpreterP13vtkObjectBasePKcRK21vtkClientServerStreamRS5\_Pv+0x712)[0x7fcf958cd082]  
> [cluster62:115389] [22] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkClientServer-pv5.6.so.1(_ZN26vtkClientServerInterpreter19CallCommandFunctionEPKcP13vtkObjectBaseS1\_RK21vtkClientServerStreamRS4_+0x315)[0x7fcf9038f86f]  
> [cluster62:115389] [23] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkClientServer-pv5.6.so.1(\_ZN26vtkClientServerInterpreter20ProcessCommandInvokeERK21vtkClientServerStreami+0x1c5)[0x7fcf9038e043]  
> [cluster62:115389] [24] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkClientServer-pv5.6.so.1(\_ZN26vtkClientServerInterpreter17ProcessOneMessageERK21vtkClientServerStreami+0x135)[0x7fcf9038d64d]  
> [cluster62:115389] [25] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkClientServer-pv5.6.so.1(\_ZN26vtkClientServerInterpreter13ProcessStreamERK21vtkClientServerStream+0x2f)[0x7fcf9038d4e7]  
> [cluster62:115389] [26] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkPVServerImplementationCore-pv5.6.so.1(\_ZN16vtkPVSessionCore21ExecuteStreamInternalERK21vtkClientServerStreamb+0xde)[0x7fcf922c12d4]  
> [cluster62:115389] [27] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkPVServerImplementationCore-pv5.6.so.1(\_ZN16vtkPVSessionCore13ExecuteStreamEjRK21vtkClientServerStreamb+0x1f5)[0x7fcf922c10d3]  
> [cluster62:115389] [28] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkPVServerImplementationCore-pv5.6.so.1(\_ZN16vtkPVSessionBase13ExecuteStreamEjRK21vtkClientServerStreamb+0x5a)[0x7fcf922bd700]  
> [cluster62:115389] [29] /share/apps/paraview/5.6.0/lib/libvtkPVServerManagerCore-pv5.6.so.1(\_ZN10vtkSMProxy13ExecuteStreamERK21vtkClientServerStreambj+0xaa)[0x7fcf92792ad6]  
> [cluster62:115389] \*\*\* End of error message \*\*\*  
> /share/apps/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-8/bin/paraFoam: line 63: 115389 Segmentation fault LD\_LIBRARY\_PATH=$LD\_LIBRARY\_PATH:ParaView\_LIB\_DIR/mesa paraview "@"

**Versions of software:**  
OpenFOAM: v7 (.org) (for mesh creation; for ParaFOAM I tried to use versions 2.0 to 9.0)  
Paraview: 5.4.1 (local computer) and 5.6.0 (remote server)

Any ideas on what could be the problem?

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2022, 7:03pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-crashes-when-trying-to-open-an-openfoam-mesh-file/10773/2 "2022-11-16T19:03:50Z")

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Hi @finzeo

Please share your data.

> Paraview: 5.4.1 (local computer) and 5.6.0 (remote server)

You need to use the same version between client and server, also please update, your version are very old. 5.11 is coming out today.

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### Author: ![finzeo](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/ea5d25/32.png) [@finzeo](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/finzeo)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2022, 7:25pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-crashes-when-trying-to-open-an-openfoam-mesh-file/10773/3 "2022-11-16T19:25:00Z")

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Hi @mwestphal, thanks for your answer.

When you said data, you mean the OpenFOAM case folder? Here it is:

[Data](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ETbDB6QJsHt3K_r-P4wMH893r7Ri1v14/view?usp=sharing)

About Paraview versions: I think there was a confusion in using the word “server”. In both cases, both on the remote computer and on mine, I use paraview client, sorry if I was confused on that point. There is no connection between the two paraviews. I just tried to open the mesh with one PC and then with another, remotely.  
On the other hand, the fact that it’s not a very recent version may imply something, but considering, as I explained previously, that I can open the other mesh with 10 million cells without problems, I don’t think the problem is related to that.  
Thank you again.

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### Author: ![finzeo](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/ea5d25/32.png) [@finzeo](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/finzeo)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2022, 7:27pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-crashes-when-trying-to-open-an-openfoam-mesh-file/10773/4 "2022-11-16T19:27:40Z")

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I also add the commands I use to create the mesh (I do it on the remote computer):

> blockMesh  
> surfaceFeatures  
> decomposePar -copyZero  
> mpirun snappyHexMesh -parallel -overwrite -dict …/system/snappyHexMeshDict \> logpart1.snappyHexMesh  
> mpirun snappyHexMesh -parallel -overwrite -dict …/system/snappyHexMeshLayersDict \> logpart2.snappyHexMesh  
> reconstructParMesh -mergeTol 1e-6 -constant \> log.reconstructPar1  
> reconstructPar -constant \> log.reconstructPar2  
> renumberMesh -latestTime \> renumberMesh.log  
> checkMesh \> checkMesh.log

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2022, 2:01pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-crashes-when-trying-to-open-an-openfoam-mesh-file/10773/5 "2022-11-17T14:01:50Z")

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Please share the resulting folder with the generated mesh.

Thanks.

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### Author: ![finzeo](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/ea5d25/32.png) [@finzeo](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/finzeo)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2022, 3:31pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-crashes-when-trying-to-open-an-openfoam-mesh-file/10773/6 "2022-11-17T15:31:59Z")

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Hi @mwestphal, here it is (this is about 4 GBs, that’s why I didn’t upload it at first):

[Data](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1n7fd_RWaYXkD-p8GLXhbiY5HEykNSvLl/view?usp=sharing)

Thank you again!

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### Author: ![finzeo](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/ea5d25/32.png) [@finzeo](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/finzeo)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2022, 8:02pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-crashes-when-trying-to-open-an-openfoam-mesh-file/10773/7 "2022-12-07T20:02:32Z")

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Anyone? 🫤

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2022, 11:41am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-crashes-when-trying-to-open-an-openfoam-mesh-file/10773/8 "2022-12-08T11:41:34Z")

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opens fine in ParaView 5.11:

 ![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/0/0410d2b340a0a5084e3072bbe92804bb6115453f.jpeg)

No point data or cell data to visualize though.