# Creating .num files from mesh created with blockMeshDict OpenFOAM **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [April 18, 2023, 1:47pm UTC](https://calculix.discourse.group/t/creating-num-files-from-mesh-created-with-blockmeshdict-openfoam/1595 "2023-04-18T13:47:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mnobilo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mnobilo](https://calculix.discourse.group/u/mnobilo)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 1:47pm UTC](https://calculix.discourse.group/t/creating-num-files-from-mesh-created-with-blockmeshdict-openfoam/1595/1 "2023-04-18T13:47:48Z")
Hello! I am new to calculix and I am trying to create my .msh and .num files form a mesh that I created with blockMeshDict dictionary inside OpenFOAM. I managed it with : cgx -foam command and loaded my mesh into the cgx. With ‘send all abq’ I created the all.msh file which contains all the nodes and that is fine. Now when I try to create .num files using ‘send setname abq nam’ I get .num file which is completely empty. Do I have to create some face groups before extracting the nodes in .num files or something similar? Because I was convinced that since cgx read the polyMesh data, it will take the information about the created patches from there. Thank you upfront for the help! Martina ---
**Author:** ![dichtstoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@dichtstoff](https://calculix.discourse.group/u/dichtstoff)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 3:23pm UTC](https://calculix.discourse.group/t/creating-num-files-from-mesh-created-with-blockmeshdict-openfoam/1595/2 "2023-04-18T15:23:14Z")
Hello, maybe you can check, what you have for sets and what is included with the command: prnt se ---
**Author:** ![mnobilo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mnobilo](https://calculix.discourse.group/u/mnobilo)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 7:44am UTC](https://calculix.discourse.group/t/creating-num-files-from-mesh-created-with-blockmeshdict-openfoam/1595/3 "2023-04-19T07:44:05Z")
Hi, so this is what I get after running the command: all stat:o n:6840 e:3200 f:6840 p:0 l:0 c:0 s:0 b:0 L:0 S:0 se:0 sh:0 v:0 ---
**Author:** ![dichtstoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@dichtstoff](https://calculix.discourse.group/u/dichtstoff)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 8:21am UTC](https://calculix.discourse.group/t/creating-num-files-from-mesh-created-with-blockmeshdict-openfoam/1595/4 "2023-04-19T08:21:18Z")
Hello, in these set you have nodes n:6840, elements e:3200 and elementfaces f:6840, here the command should work with send all abq send all abq nam send all abq pres 1.0 etc. and it looks that you have only 1 set, the set all. so you must create other sets or they are included in your progress !? maybe you have missed something. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/calculix/original/2X/3/32c2e73ee78d32ef1d9efaf2778e95c8ee34fa26.png) ---
**Author:** ![mnobilo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mnobilo](https://calculix.discourse.group/u/mnobilo)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 8:41am UTC](https://calculix.discourse.group/t/creating-num-files-from-mesh-created-with-blockmeshdict-openfoam/1595/5 "2023-04-19T08:41:23Z")
Hi, yes so the following works very good: Send all abr send all abq nam Could you tell me how to create other sets ? I have a few different boundaries in polyMesh, but it seams that inside calculix I need to create sets (to tell which nodes belong to set inlet, outlet, interface, etc. ). I found one command : comp nodes do but I am not sure if it is the right one. I used: comp do send abq nam and the .nam files are created and non-empty. Is this the right way? Thank you for your help! Martina ---
**Author:** ![dichtstoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@dichtstoff](https://calculix.discourse.group/u/dichtstoff)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 9:02am UTC](https://calculix.discourse.group/t/creating-num-files-from-mesh-created-with-blockmeshdict-openfoam/1595/6 "2023-04-19T09:02:35Z")
Hello, you can fix it by hand, manual with qadd, these works fine, ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/calculix/original/2X/5/564e01e20e6b23fb21e08bc5c45fa4d21c7d8416.png) needs some practice, or you can fix it with enq, but these needs also some experience, but you can use a fbd file and use it automaticly with read input.fbd in cgx: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/calculix/original/2X/5/52b3fd46006ef7fdd6a0925fcd291c19edd032ba.png) [GettingStarted (baigar.de)](http://www.baigar.de/irix/Calculix1.7GettingStarted.pdf.gz) ---
**Author:** ![mnobilo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mnobilo](https://calculix.discourse.group/u/mnobilo)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 9:35am UTC](https://calculix.discourse.group/t/creating-num-files-from-mesh-created-with-blockmeshdict-openfoam/1595/7 "2023-04-19T09:35:29Z")
Hi, Thank you very much for the instructions and link! I will try it out that way. Martina