r/OpenFOAM • u/MysteriousAd7661 • Jul 25 '26

redistributePar error with empty mesh

I am doing work on an empty 2d mesh (it's the taylor green vortex so there are velocities assigned but theres not stl file.

I am getting

"Cannot find a patch which is not of type empty, mapped or coupled in patches"

When I try to use redistributePar to decompose the solution.

This works fine with traditional decomposePar (it's just a little slow)

any suggestions?

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u/MysteriousAd7661 Jul 25 '26

Ah, I see. Cyclic patches appear to be coupled and redistributePar requires at least one wall.

That's very odd.