# PrePoMax (CalculiX FEA) - Tutorial 32 - Cannot import the OpenFoam pressure results

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**Created:** [October 13, 2025, 2:26pm UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/prepomax-calculix-fea-tutorial-32-cannot-import-the-openfoam-pressure-results/3010 "2025-10-13T14:26:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![steelxpert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@steelxpert](https://prepomax.discourse.group/u/steelxpert)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 2:26pm UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/prepomax-calculix-fea-tutorial-32-cannot-import-the-openfoam-pressure-results/3010/1 "2025-10-13T14:26:03Z")

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While importing the surface pressures as per the the YouTube tutorial, I got the following error message (see also the screenshot attached): “The selected OpenFoam folder does not conatin results”.

 ![Tut-32-error](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/prepomax/original/2X/9/9883379a0e6cc23be4116e6f8d9b1ff834028972.jpeg)

So I cannot import the pressure field, therefore cannot proceed further with this tutorial.

While following the tutorial I followed each instruction bit by bit and worked everything the way it is presented in the tutorial.

I also attach my OpenFOAM result folder view, FYI.

 ![Tut-32-error2](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/prepomax/original/2X/8/8ffc574ea038e0eb8c33228f5c46faeb63939753.jpeg)

I tried both versions of PrePoMax (v2.3.0 / v2.3.9dev) with the same error message. I have installed FreeCAD v1.0.2 and OpenFOAM v2212 and for PrePoMax I used the model provided (not that one creates while creating the OpenFOAM simulation).

Can you give me any hints how to try to solve the issue?

Thanks,

Csaba

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**Author:** ![FEAnalyst](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/prepomax.discourse.group/feanalyst/32/688_2.png) [@FEAnalyst](https://prepomax.discourse.group/u/FEAnalyst)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 2:44pm UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/prepomax-calculix-fea-tutorial-32-cannot-import-the-openfoam-pressure-results/3010/2 "2025-10-13T14:44:36Z")

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Did you add the **reconstructPar** command to the Allrun file before submitting the CFD analysis ?

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**Author:** ![steelxpert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@steelxpert](https://prepomax.discourse.group/u/steelxpert)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 4:07pm UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/prepomax-calculix-fea-tutorial-32-cannot-import-the-openfoam-pressure-results/3010/3 "2025-10-13T16:07:18Z")

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Thanks for the quick repsonse, I already foind the problem.

It turned out that in the cfdOF folder there are (3) files named as ‘Allrun’ and I chose not the correct one. The one shall be choosed is the one with the ‘\*.ps1’ file extension 🙂.

After then, everything worked out perfect, thanks again!

Additional question:

While I haven’t already finished all the tutorials (only from 1 to 32 so far), my question is that whether PrePoMax (in conjunction with cfdOF + FreeCAD) could support a workflow of (at least) one-way transient FSI as well?

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**Author:** ![FEAnalyst](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/prepomax.discourse.group/feanalyst/32/688_2.png) [@FEAnalyst](https://prepomax.discourse.group/u/FEAnalyst)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 4:43pm UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/prepomax-calculix-fea-tutorial-32-cannot-import-the-openfoam-pressure-results/3010/4 "2025-10-13T16:43:55Z")

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> [@steelxpert](#):
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> While I haven’t already finished all the tutorials (only from 1 to 32 so far), my question is that whether PrePoMax (in conjunction with cfdOF + FreeCAD) could support a workflow of (at least) one-way transient FSI as well?

You may want to check [preCICE](https://precice.org/) for that. It’s an open-source library meant to couple different solvers for multiphysics simulations. It can couple CalculiX with OpenFOAM for FSI or CHT, but it’s independent of PrePoMax and requires more manual work.

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**Author:** ![steelxpert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@steelxpert](https://prepomax.discourse.group/u/steelxpert)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 4:58pm UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/prepomax-calculix-fea-tutorial-32-cannot-import-the-openfoam-pressure-results/3010/5 "2025-10-13T16:58:03Z")

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Thank you for the tip!