diff --git a/applications/utilities/postProcessing/dataConversion/foamToEnsight/ensightField.C b/applications/utilities/postProcessing/dataConversion/foamToEnsight/ensightField.C
index 64452a05f7..90a597e578 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/postProcessing/dataConversion/foamToEnsight/ensightField.C
+++ b/applications/utilities/postProcessing/dataConversion/foamToEnsight/ensightField.C
@@ -178,7 +178,6 @@ void writeAllDataBinary
 }
 
 
-
 template<class Type>
 void writeAllFaceData
 (
@@ -275,7 +274,7 @@ template<class Type>
 bool writePatchField
 (
     const Foam::Field<Type>& pf,
-    const Foam::label patchI,
+    const Foam::label patchi,
     const Foam::label ensightPatchI,
     const Foam::faceSets& boundaryFaceSet,
     const Foam::ensightMesh::nFacePrimitives& nfp,
@@ -335,7 +334,7 @@ template<class Type>
 bool writePatchFieldBinary
 (
     const Foam::Field<Type>& pf,
-    const Foam::label patchI,
+    const Foam::label patchi,
     const Foam::label ensightPatchI,
     const Foam::faceSets& boundaryFaceSet,
     const Foam::ensightMesh::nFacePrimitives& nfp,
@@ -406,34 +405,27 @@ void writePatchField
     const Time& runTime = eMesh.mesh().time();
 
     const List<faceSets>& boundaryFaceSets = eMesh.boundaryFaceSets();
-    const HashTable<labelList>& allPatchNames = eMesh.allPatchNames();
-    const HashTable<label>& patchIndices = eMesh.patchIndices();
+    const wordList& allPatchNames = eMesh.allPatchNames();
+    const List<labelList>& allPatchProcs = eMesh.allPatchProcs();
     const HashTable<ensightMesh::nFacePrimitives>&
         nPatchPrims = eMesh.nPatchPrims();
 
-    label patchI = -1;
-
-    if (patchIndices.found(patchName))
-    {
-        patchI = patchIndices.find(patchName)();
-    }
-
     label ensightPatchI = eMesh.patchPartOffset();
 
-    for
-    (
-        HashTable<labelList>::const_iterator iter =
-            allPatchNames.begin();
-        iter != allPatchNames.end();
-        ++iter
-    )
+    label patchi = -1;
+
+    forAll(allPatchNames, i)
     {
-        if (iter.key() == patchName) break;
+        if (allPatchNames[i] == patchName)
+        {
+            patchi = i;
+            break;
+        }
         ensightPatchI++;
     }
 
 
-    const labelList& patchProcessors = allPatchNames.find(patchName)();
+    const labelList& patchProcessors = allPatchProcs[patchi];
 
     word pfName = patchName + '.' + fieldName;
 
@@ -472,14 +464,14 @@ void writePatchField
         ensightFile << pTraits<Type>::typeName << nl;
     }
 
-    if (patchI >= 0)
+    if (patchi >= 0)
     {
         writePatchField
         (
             pf,
-            patchI,
+            patchi,
             ensightPatchI,
-            boundaryFaceSets[patchI],
+            boundaryFaceSets[patchi],
             nPatchPrims.find(patchName)(),
             patchProcessors,
             ensightFile
@@ -507,6 +499,7 @@ void writePatchField
     }
 }
 
+
 template<class Type>
 void ensightFieldAscii
 (
@@ -527,8 +520,8 @@ void ensightFieldAscii
 
     const cellSets& meshCellSets = eMesh.meshCellSets();
     const List<faceSets>& boundaryFaceSets = eMesh.boundaryFaceSets();
-    const HashTable<labelList>& allPatchNames = eMesh.allPatchNames();
-    const HashTable<label>& patchIndices = eMesh.patchIndices();
+    const wordList& allPatchNames = eMesh.allPatchNames();
+    const List<labelList>& allPatchProcs = eMesh.allPatchProcs();
     const wordHashSet& patchNames = eMesh.patchNames();
     const HashTable<ensightMesh::nFacePrimitives>&
         nPatchPrims = eMesh.nPatchPrims();
@@ -623,30 +616,23 @@ void ensightFieldAscii
 
     label ensightPatchI = eMesh.patchPartOffset();
 
-    for
-    (
-        HashTable<labelList>::const_iterator iter = allPatchNames.begin();
-        iter != allPatchNames.end();
-        ++iter
-    )
+    forAll(allPatchNames, patchi)
     {
-        const word& patchName = iter.key();
-        const labelList& patchProcessors = iter();
+        const word& patchName = allPatchNames[patchi];
+        const labelList& patchProcessors = allPatchProcs[patchi];
 
         if (patchNames.empty() || patchNames.found(patchName))
         {
-            if (patchIndices.found(patchName))
+            if (mesh.boundary()[patchi].size())
             {
-                label patchI = patchIndices.find(patchName)();
-
                 if
                 (
                     writePatchField
                     (
-                        vf.boundaryField()[patchI],
-                        patchI,
+                        vf.boundaryField()[patchi],
+                        patchi,
                         ensightPatchI,
-                        boundaryFaceSets[patchI],
+                        boundaryFaceSets[patchi],
                         nPatchPrims.find(patchName)(),
                         patchProcessors,
                         ensightFile
@@ -708,8 +694,8 @@ void ensightFieldBinary
 
     const cellSets& meshCellSets = eMesh.meshCellSets();
     const List<faceSets>& boundaryFaceSets = eMesh.boundaryFaceSets();
-    const HashTable<labelList>& allPatchNames = eMesh.allPatchNames();
-    const HashTable<label>& patchIndices = eMesh.patchIndices();
+    const wordList& allPatchNames = eMesh.allPatchNames();
+    const List<labelList>& allPatchProcs = eMesh.allPatchProcs();
     const wordHashSet& patchNames = eMesh.patchNames();
     const HashTable<ensightMesh::nFacePrimitives>&
         nPatchPrims = eMesh.nPatchPrims();
@@ -726,7 +712,11 @@ void ensightFieldBinary
     {
         // set the filename of the ensight file
         fileName ensightFileName(timeFile + "." + fieldObject.name());
-        ensightFilePtr = new std::ofstream((postProcPath/ensightFileName).c_str(), ios_base::out | ios_base::binary | ios_base::trunc);
+        ensightFilePtr = new std::ofstream
+        (
+            (postProcPath/ensightFileName).c_str(),
+            ios_base::out | ios_base::binary | ios_base::trunc
+        );
         // Check on file opened?
     }
 
@@ -787,38 +777,62 @@ void ensightFieldBinary
             }
         }
 
-        writeAllDataBinary("penta6", vf, prisms, meshCellSets.nPrisms, ensightFile);
-        writeAllDataBinary("pyramid5", vf, pyrs, meshCellSets.nPyrs, ensightFile);
-        writeAllDataBinary("tetra4", vf, tets, meshCellSets.nTets, ensightFile);
-        writeAllDataBinary("nfaced", vf, polys, meshCellSets.nPolys, ensightFile);
+        writeAllDataBinary
+        (
+            "penta6",
+            vf,
+            prisms,
+            meshCellSets.nPrisms,
+            ensightFile
+        );
+
+        writeAllDataBinary
+        (
+            "pyramid5",
+            vf,
+            pyrs,
+            meshCellSets.nPyrs,
+            ensightFile
+        );
+
+        writeAllDataBinary
+        (
+            "tetra4",
+            vf,
+            tets,
+            meshCellSets.nTets,
+            ensightFile
+        );
+
+        writeAllDataBinary
+        (
+            "nfaced",
+            vf,
+            polys,
+            meshCellSets.nPolys,
+            ensightFile
+        );
     }
 
     label ensightPatchI = eMesh.patchPartOffset();
 
-    for
-    (
-        HashTable<labelList>::const_iterator iter = allPatchNames.begin();
-        iter != allPatchNames.end();
-        ++iter
-    )
+    forAll(allPatchNames, patchi)
     {
-        const word& patchName = iter.key();
-        const labelList& patchProcessors = iter();
+        const word& patchName = allPatchNames[patchi];
+        const labelList& patchProcessors = allPatchProcs[patchi];
 
         if (patchNames.empty() || patchNames.found(patchName))
         {
-            if (patchIndices.found(patchName))
+            if (mesh.boundary()[patchi].size())
             {
-                label patchI = patchIndices.find(patchName)();
-
                 if
                 (
                     writePatchFieldBinary
                     (
-                        vf.boundaryField()[patchI],
-                        patchI,
+                        vf.boundaryField()[patchi],
+                        patchi,
                         ensightPatchI,
-                        boundaryFaceSets[patchI],
+                        boundaryFaceSets[patchi],
                         nPatchPrims.find(patchName)(),
                         patchProcessors,
                         ensightFile
@@ -859,6 +873,7 @@ void ensightFieldBinary
     }
 }
 
+
 template<class Type>
 void ensightField
 (
diff --git a/applications/utilities/postProcessing/dataConversion/foamToEnsight/ensightMesh.C b/applications/utilities/postProcessing/dataConversion/foamToEnsight/ensightMesh.C
index 079145a0c5..c3262e6b9c 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/postProcessing/dataConversion/foamToEnsight/ensightMesh.C
+++ b/applications/utilities/postProcessing/dataConversion/foamToEnsight/ensightMesh.C
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ License
 #include "Time.H"
 #include "ensightMesh.H"
 #include "fvMesh.H"
+#include "globalMeshData.H"
 #include "PstreamCombineReduceOps.H"
 #include "processorPolyPatch.H"
 #include "cellModeller.H"
@@ -40,43 +41,37 @@ License
 
 namespace Foam
 {
-
-class concatPatchNames
-{
-
-public:
-
-    void operator()
-    (
-        HashTable<labelList>& x,
-        const HashTable<labelList>& y
-    ) const
+    //- Proxy-class to hold the patch processor list combination operator
+    class concatPatchProcs
     {
-        forAllConstIter(HashTable<labelList>, y, iter)
+
+    public:
+
+        void operator()
+        (
+            List<labelList>& x,
+            const List<labelList>& y
+        ) const
         {
-            HashTable<labelList>::iterator xiter = x.find(iter.key());
-
-            if (xiter == x.end())
+            forAll(y, i)
             {
-                x.insert(iter.key(), iter());
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                labelList& xPatches = xiter();
-                const labelList& yPatches = iter();
+                const labelList& yPatches = y[i];
 
-                label offset = xPatches.size();
-                xPatches.setSize(offset + yPatches.size());
-
-                forAll(yPatches, i)
+                if (yPatches.size())
                 {
-                    xPatches[i + offset] = yPatches[i];
+                    labelList& xPatches = x[i];
+
+                    label offset = xPatches.size();
+                    xPatches.setSize(offset + yPatches.size());
+
+                    forAll(yPatches, i)
+                    {
+                        xPatches[i + offset] = yPatches[i];
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }
-    }
-};
-
+    };
 } // End namespace Foam
 
 
@@ -95,7 +90,7 @@ Foam::ensightMesh::ensightMesh
     meshCellSets_(mesh_.nCells()),
     boundaryFaceSets_(mesh_.boundary().size()),
     allPatchNames_(0),
-    patchIndices_(0),
+    allPatchProcs_(0),
     patchNames_(0),
     nPatchPrims_(0)
 {
@@ -109,32 +104,24 @@ Foam::ensightMesh::ensightMesh
 
     if (!args.optionFound("noPatches"))
     {
-        forAll (mesh_.boundaryMesh(), patchI)
-        {
-            if
-            (
-                typeid(mesh_.boundaryMesh()[patchI])
-             != typeid(processorPolyPatch)
-            )
-            {
-                if (!allPatchNames_.found(mesh_.boundaryMesh()[patchI].name()))
-                {
-                    allPatchNames_.insert
-                    (
-                        mesh_.boundaryMesh()[patchI].name(),
-                        labelList(1, Pstream::myProcNo())
-                    );
+        allPatchNames_ = wordList::subList
+        (
+            mesh_.boundaryMesh().names(), mesh_.boundary().size()
+          - mesh_.globalData().processorPatches().size()
+        );
 
-                    patchIndices_.insert
-                    (
-                        mesh_.boundaryMesh()[patchI].name(),
-                        patchI
-                    );
-                }
+        allPatchProcs_.setSize(allPatchNames_.size());
+
+        forAll (allPatchProcs_, patchi)
+        {
+            if (mesh_.boundary()[patchi].size())
+            {
+                allPatchProcs_[patchi].setSize(1);
+                allPatchProcs_[patchi][0] = Pstream::myProcNo();
             }
         }
 
-        combineReduce(allPatchNames_, concatPatchNames());
+        combineReduce(allPatchProcs_, concatPatchProcs());
 
         if (args.optionFound("patches"))
         {
@@ -142,7 +129,7 @@ Foam::ensightMesh::ensightMesh
 
             if (patchNameList.empty())
             {
-                patchNameList = allPatchNames_.toc();
+                patchNameList = allPatchNames_;
             }
 
             forAll (patchNameList, i)
@@ -230,15 +217,15 @@ Foam::ensightMesh::ensightMesh
 
     if (!args.optionFound("noPatches"))
     {
-        forAll (mesh.boundary(), patchI)
+        forAll (mesh.boundary(), patchi)
         {
-            if (mesh.boundary()[patchI].size())
+            if (mesh.boundary()[patchi].size())
             {
-                const polyPatch& p = mesh.boundaryMesh()[patchI];
+                const polyPatch& p = mesh.boundaryMesh()[patchi];
 
-                labelList& tris = boundaryFaceSets_[patchI].tris;
-                labelList& quads = boundaryFaceSets_[patchI].quads;
-                labelList& polys = boundaryFaceSets_[patchI].polys;
+                labelList& tris = boundaryFaceSets_[patchi].tris;
+                labelList& quads = boundaryFaceSets_[patchi].quads;
+                labelList& polys = boundaryFaceSets_[patchi].polys;
 
                 tris.setSize(p.size());
                 quads.setSize(p.size());
@@ -274,21 +261,19 @@ Foam::ensightMesh::ensightMesh
     }
 
 
-    forAllConstIter(HashTable<labelList>, allPatchNames_, iter)
+    forAll(allPatchNames_, patchi)
     {
-        const word& patchName = iter.key();
+        const word& patchName = allPatchNames_[patchi];
         nFacePrimitives nfp;
 
         if (patchNames_.empty() || patchNames_.found(patchName))
         {
-            if (patchIndices_.found(patchName))
+            if (mesh.boundary()[patchi].size())
             {
-                label patchI = patchIndices_.find(patchName)();
-
-                nfp.nPoints = mesh.boundaryMesh()[patchI].localPoints().size();
-                nfp.nTris   = boundaryFaceSets_[patchI].tris.size();
-                nfp.nQuads  = boundaryFaceSets_[patchI].quads.size();
-                nfp.nPolys  = boundaryFaceSets_[patchI].polys.size();
+                nfp.nPoints = mesh.boundaryMesh()[patchi].localPoints().size();
+                nfp.nTris   = boundaryFaceSets_[patchi].tris.size();
+                nfp.nQuads  = boundaryFaceSets_[patchi].quads.size();
+                nfp.nPolys  = boundaryFaceSets_[patchi].polys.size();
             }
         }
 
@@ -1052,13 +1037,13 @@ void Foam::ensightMesh::writeAscii
 
     label ensightPatchI = patchPartOffset_;
 
-    forAllConstIter(HashTable<labelList>, allPatchNames_, iter)
+    forAll(allPatchNames_, patchi)
     {
-        const labelList& patchProcessors = iter();
+        const word& patchName = allPatchNames_[patchi];
+        const labelList& patchProcessors = allPatchProcs_[patchi];
 
-        if (patchNames_.empty() || patchNames_.found(iter.key()))
+        if (patchNames_.empty() || patchNames_.found(patchName))
         {
-            const word& patchName = iter.key();
             const nFacePrimitives& nfp = nPatchPrims_.find(patchName)();
 
             const labelList *trisPtr  = NULL;
@@ -1068,14 +1053,13 @@ void Foam::ensightMesh::writeAscii
             const pointField *patchPointsPtr = NULL;
             const faceList *patchFacesPtr = NULL;
 
-            if (patchIndices_.found(iter.key()))
+            if (mesh_.boundary()[patchi].size())
             {
-                label patchI = patchIndices_.find(iter.key())();
-                const polyPatch& p = mesh_.boundaryMesh()[patchI];
+                const polyPatch& p = mesh_.boundaryMesh()[patchi];
 
-                trisPtr  = &boundaryFaceSets_[patchI].tris;
-                quadsPtr = &boundaryFaceSets_[patchI].quads;
-                polysPtr = &boundaryFaceSets_[patchI].polys;
+                trisPtr  = &boundaryFaceSets_[patchi].tris;
+                quadsPtr = &boundaryFaceSets_[patchi].quads;
+                polysPtr = &boundaryFaceSets_[patchi].polys;
 
                 patchPointsPtr = &(p.localPoints());
                 patchFacesPtr  = &(p.localFaces());
@@ -1265,7 +1249,7 @@ void Foam::ensightMesh::writeBinary
         {
             writeEnsDataBinary("part",ensightGeometryFile);
             writeEnsDataBinary(1,ensightGeometryFile);
-            writeEnsDataBinary("FOAM cells",ensightGeometryFile);
+            writeEnsDataBinary("internalMesh",ensightGeometryFile);
             writeEnsDataBinary("coordinates",ensightGeometryFile);
             writeEnsDataBinary(nPoints,ensightGeometryFile);
 
@@ -1379,14 +1363,14 @@ void Foam::ensightMesh::writeBinary
     label ensightPatchI = patchPartOffset_;
     label iCount = 0;
 
-    forAllConstIter(HashTable<labelList>, allPatchNames_, iter)
+    forAll(allPatchNames_, patchi)
     {
         iCount ++;
-        const labelList& patchProcessors = iter();
+        const word& patchName = allPatchNames_[patchi];
+        const labelList& patchProcessors = allPatchProcs_[patchi];
 
-        if (patchNames_.empty() || patchNames_.found(iter.key()))
+        if (patchNames_.empty() || patchNames_.found(patchName))
         {
-            const word& patchName = iter.key();
             const nFacePrimitives& nfp = nPatchPrims_.find(patchName)();
 
             const labelList *trisPtr = NULL;
@@ -1396,14 +1380,13 @@ void Foam::ensightMesh::writeBinary
             const pointField *patchPointsPtr = NULL;
             const faceList *patchFacesPtr = NULL;
 
-            if (patchIndices_.found(iter.key()))
+            if (mesh_.boundary()[patchi].size())
             {
-                label patchI = patchIndices_.find(iter.key())();
-                const polyPatch& p = mesh_.boundaryMesh()[patchI];
+                const polyPatch& p = mesh_.boundaryMesh()[patchi];
 
-                trisPtr = &boundaryFaceSets_[patchI].tris;
-                quadsPtr = &boundaryFaceSets_[patchI].quads;
-                polysPtr = &boundaryFaceSets_[patchI].polys;
+                trisPtr = &boundaryFaceSets_[patchi].tris;
+                quadsPtr = &boundaryFaceSets_[patchi].quads;
+                polysPtr = &boundaryFaceSets_[patchi].polys;
 
                 patchPointsPtr = &(p.localPoints());
                 patchFacesPtr = &(p.localFaces());
@@ -1424,7 +1407,7 @@ void Foam::ensightMesh::writeBinary
                     writeEnsDataBinary("part",ensightGeometryFile);
                     writeEnsDataBinary(ensightPatchI++,ensightGeometryFile);
                     //writeEnsDataBinary(patchName.c_str(),ensightGeometryFile);
-                    writeEnsDataBinary(iter.key().c_str(),ensightGeometryFile);
+                    writeEnsDataBinary(patchName.c_str(),ensightGeometryFile);
                     writeEnsDataBinary("coordinates",ensightGeometryFile);
                     writeEnsDataBinary(nfp.nPoints,ensightGeometryFile);
 
diff --git a/applications/utilities/postProcessing/dataConversion/foamToEnsight/ensightMesh.H b/applications/utilities/postProcessing/dataConversion/foamToEnsight/ensightMesh.H
index 6a3cb82470..4ddb084d3d 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/postProcessing/dataConversion/foamToEnsight/ensightMesh.H
+++ b/applications/utilities/postProcessing/dataConversion/foamToEnsight/ensightMesh.H
@@ -91,9 +91,9 @@ class ensightMesh
 
         List<faceSets> boundaryFaceSets_;
 
-        HashTable<labelList> allPatchNames_;
+        wordList allPatchNames_;
 
-        HashTable<label> patchIndices_;
+        List<labelList> allPatchProcs_;
 
         wordHashSet patchNames_;
 
@@ -269,14 +269,14 @@ public:
                 return boundaryFaceSets_;
             }
 
-            const HashTable<labelList>& allPatchNames() const
+            const wordList& allPatchNames() const
             {
                 return allPatchNames_;
             }
 
-            const HashTable<label>& patchIndices() const
+            const List<labelList>& allPatchProcs() const
             {
-                return patchIndices_;
+                return allPatchProcs_;
             }
 
             const wordHashSet& patchNames() const