Dear Dr. Henshaw, I am using Overture to generate interpolation data for a chimera grid having 3-dimensional stator blade and a background domain. Ogen aborts with the following error message. Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x00007ffff105a162 in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 GDB reports that there is a problem in setting the hole width: (gdb) where #0 0x00007ffff105a162 in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 #1 0x00007ffff10395f8 in vfprintf () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 #2 0x00007ffff1043769 in printf () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 *#3 0x00007ffff6a4becf in Ogen::getHoleWidth (this=0x7fffffff7680, cg=..., g2=* * ..., pHoleMarker=0x7ffffffe18f0, holeCenter=..., holeMask=..., * * holeWidth=..., r=..., x=..., pIndexRange2=0x95c0f0, * * pExtendedIndexRange2=0x95c110, plocalIndexBounds2=0x7ffffffe0ef0, * * iv=0x7ffffffe18b0, jv=0x7ffffffe18c0, jpv=0x7ffffffe18e0, * * isPeriodic2=0x7ffffffe1920, isPeriodic2p=0x7ffffffe1f80, * * Iv=0x7ffffffe0b50, grid=@0x7ffffffe1d10, grid2=@0x7ffffffe1d54, * * ib=@0x7ffffffe1a18, ib2=@0x7ffffffe1d6c, skipThisPoint=@0x7ffffffe1d70, * * initialPoint=@0x7ffffffe1d74, numberOfDimensions=@0x7ffffffe1d08, * * axisp1=@0x7ffffffe1d18, axisp2=@0x7ffffffe1d4c, * * cellCenterOffset=@0x7ffffffe1a08, maximumHoleWidth=@0x7ffffffe1d04, * * numberOfHoleWidthWarnings=@0x7ffffffe1d44) at getHoleWidth.C:449* #4 0x00007ffff6a2a61d in Ogen::cutHolesNew (this=0x7fffffff7680, cg=...) at cutHolesNew.C:1009 #5 0x00007ffff6a063b4 in Ogen::computeOverlap (this=0x7fffffff7680, cg_=..., cgOld=..., level=@0x7ffffffe4364, movingGrids=@0x7ffffffe4425, hasMoved=...) at computeOverlap.C:115 #6 0x00007ffff69e2c43 in Ogen::updateOverlap (this=0x7fffffff7680, cg=..., mapInfo=...) at checkOverlap.C:4564 #7 0x000000000040dd99 in ogen (mappingInfo=..., ps=..., commandFileName=..., The content of the command file is: create mappings read plot3d file Outerbox_le.grd read plot3d file Stator_extended_le.grd change a mapping Outerbox_le.grd-grid0 boundary conditions 1,1,1,1,1,1 exit change a mapping Stator_extended_le.grd-grid0 boundary conditions -1,-1,1,0,0,0 exit exit this menu generate an overlapping grid Outerbox_le.grd-grid0 Stator_extended_le.grd-grid0 change parameters prevent hole cutting all all done allow hole cutting Outerbox_le.grd-grid0 Stator_extended_le.grd-grid0 done discretization width all 5,5,5 ghost points all 5,5,5,5,5,5 interpolate ghost interpolation type explicit for all grids exit compute overlap To try a simpler problem, I used a cylinder inside the same background grid instead of the stator blade and in this case it works fine and interpolation data and hole cut both are fine. The content of the command file is: create mappings read plot3d file Outerbox_le.grd read plot3d file cylinder_le.grd change a mapping Outerbox_le.grd-grid0 boundary conditions 1,1,1,1,1,1 exit change a mapping cylinder_le.grd-grid0 boundary conditions -1,-1,1,0,0,0 exit exit this menu generate an overlapping grid Outerbox_le.grd-grid0 cylinder_le.grd-grid0 change parameters prevent hole cutting all all done allow hole cutting Outerbox_le.grd-grid0 cylinder_le.grd-grid0 done exit compute overlap Based on the above information, would you be able to suggest me something that I should try in order to get Ogen working for a 3-Dimensional variable cross-sectional blade in a background domain. If you want any other information please let me know. Thanks. -- Regards, Ashish Mishra Graduate Student *Specialization: Computational Aeroacoustics* Aerospace Engineering Department University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, Illinois, 61801 USA