ENH: add blockFaces.vtp output for blockMesh -write-vtk

applications/utilities/mesh/generation/blockMesh/blockMesh.C

@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ Usage
 
 #include "blockMesh.H"
 #include "foamVtkInternalMeshWriter.H"
+#include "foamVtkSurfaceWriter.H"
 #include "attachPolyTopoChanger.H"
 #include "polyTopoChange.H"
 #include "cyclicPolyPatch.H"

applications/utilities/mesh/generation/blockMesh/blockMeshVTK.H

@@ -13,22 +13,25 @@ License
 Description
     VTK output of blockMesh topology blocks
 
+    Always write in ASCII since the mesh is small and we want easily
+    readable output for inspection.
+
 \*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-{
+// Common
-    // Non-legacy and ASCII (mesh is small, want readable output)
-    const vtk::outputOptions writeOpts = vtk::formatType::INLINE_ASCII;
 
 refPtr<polyMesh> topoMeshPtr(blocks.topology(true));
 const polyMesh& topoMesh = topoMeshPtr();
 
-    const vtk::vtuCells topoCells(topoMesh, writeOpts);
+// Internal mesh - ie, the blocks
+{
+    const vtk::vtuCells topoCells(topoMesh, vtk::formatType::INLINE_ASCII);
 
     vtk::internalMeshWriter writer
     (
         topoMesh,
         topoCells,
-        writeOpts,
+        vtk::formatType::INLINE_ASCII,
         runTime.path()/"blockTopology"
     );
 
@@ -99,4 +102,64 @@ Description
 }
 
 
+// Block boundary faces
+{
+    const label nIntFaces = topoMesh.nInternalFaces();
+    const label nBndFaces = topoMesh.nBoundaryFaces();
+
+    faceList bndFaces
+    (
+        faceList::subList(topoMesh.faces(), nBndFaces, nIntFaces)
+    );
+
+    vtk::surfaceWriter writer
+    (
+        topoMesh.points(),
+        bndFaces,
+        vtk::formatType::INLINE_ASCII,
+        runTime.path()/"blockFaces"
+    );
+
+
+    labelList blockIds(nBndFaces, -1);
+    labelList cellFaceIds(nBndFaces, -1);
+    labelList patchIds(nBndFaces, -1);
+
+    {
+        const labelList& own = topoMesh.faceOwner();
+        const cellList& cells = topoMesh.cells();
+        const polyPatchList& patches = topoMesh.boundaryMesh();
+
+        for (const polyPatch& pp : patches)
+        {
+            label bndFacei = pp.start() - nIntFaces;
+            label meshFacei = pp.start();
+
+            forAll(pp, bfacei)
+            {
+                const label celli = own[meshFacei];
+                const label cellFacei = cells[celli].find(meshFacei);
+
+                blockIds[bndFacei] = celli;
+                cellFaceIds[bndFacei] = cellFacei;
+                patchIds[bndFacei] = pp.index();
+
+                ++bndFacei;
+                ++meshFacei;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    Info<< "Writing block boundary faces in vtk format: "
+        << args.relativePath(writer.output()).c_str() << endl;
+
+    writer.writeGeometry();
+
+    writer.beginCellData();
+    writer.writeCellData("block", blockIds);
+    writer.writeCellData("face", cellFaceIds);
+    writer.writeCellData("patch", patchIds);
+}
+
+
 // ************************************************************************* //

bin/tools/CleanFunctions

@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ cleanCase()
     rm -rf system/machines
 
     # Possible blockMesh output
-    rm -f blockTopology.vtu blockTopology.obj blockCentres.obj
+    rm -f blockTopology.vtu blockFaces.vtp blockTopology.obj blockCentres.obj
 
     # From mpirunDebug
     rm -f gdbCommands  mpirun.schema

src/mesh/blockMesh/blockMesh/blockMesh.C

@@ -271,7 +271,12 @@ Foam::blockMesh::blockMesh
 {
     // Command-line options have precedence over dictionary setting
 
-    if (!verbose_)
+    if (verbose_ < 0)
+    {
+        // Forced as 'off'
+        verbose_ = 0;
+    }
+    else if (!verbose_)
     {
         verbose_ = meshDict_.getOrDefault("verbose", verboseOutput);
     }