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General input

Dictionary keyword entries including the text "Name" have been shortened, e.g. pName becomes p, phiName becomes phi etc.

Function objects

• keywords: outputControl renamed writeControl
• library locations: functionObjectLibs renamed libs
• faceSource renamed surfaceFieldValue
• cellSource renamed volFieldValue
• pressureTools renamed pressure
• createTurbulenceFields renamed turbulenceFields
• Peclet renamed PecletNo

Utilities

• foamCalc and foamExecFlowFunctionObjects absorbed into the new postProcess utility. More details in v1612-utility-postProcess.
• many utilities converted into function objects
• the input format for the changeDictionary utility has been simplified. In earlier releases the input followed, e.g.:

    dictionaryReplacement
    {
        U
        {
            internalField   uniform (1 0 0);
        }
    }

The new syntax removes the outer dictionary level, i.e.

    U
    {
        internalField   uniform (1 0 0);
    }

Deprecated utilities

• expandDictionary becomes foamDictionary -expand
• foamDebugSwitches becomes foamDictionary/foamList -debug
• foamInfoExec becomes foamDictionary
• secondaryWrite behaviour can be recovered using function object time controls
• execFlowFunctionObjects becomes postProcess