BUG: GeometricBoundaryField: handle patch groups

src/OpenFOAM/fields/GeometricFields/GeometricField/GeometricBoundaryField.C

@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ GeometricBoundaryField
     }
 
 
-    // Check for groups first. (using non-wild card entries of dictionaries)
+    // Patch or patch-groups. (using non-wild card entries of dictionaries)
     forAllConstIter(dictionary, dict, iter)
     {
         if (iter().isDict())
@@ -277,12 +277,12 @@ GeometricBoundaryField
         }
     }
 
-    // Check for explicit patch overrides
+    // Check for wildcard patch overrides
     forAll(bmesh_, patchi)
-    {
-        if (bmesh_[patchi].type() == emptyPolyPatch::typeName)
     {
         if (!this->set(patchi))
+        {
+            if (bmesh_[patchi].type() == emptyPolyPatch::typeName)
             {
                 this->set
                 (
@@ -295,7 +295,6 @@ GeometricBoundaryField
                     )
                 );
             }
-        }
             else
             {
                 bool found = dict.found(bmesh_[patchi].name());
@@ -315,6 +314,7 @@ GeometricBoundaryField
                 }
             }
         }
+    }
 
 
     // Check for any unset patches

src/OpenFOAM/meshes/polyMesh/polyMesh.C

@@ -703,11 +703,11 @@ void Foam::polyMesh::resetPrimitives
     {
         boundary_[patchI] = polyPatch
         (
-            boundary_[patchI].name(),
+            boundary_[patchI],
-            patchSizes[patchI],
+            boundary_,
-            patchStarts[patchI],
             patchI,
-            boundary_
+            patchSizes[patchI],
+            patchStarts[patchI]
         );
     }
 

tutorials/incompressible/simpleFoam/motorBike/system/snappyHexMeshDict

@@ -113,6 +113,14 @@ castellatedMeshControls
         {
             // Surface-wise min and max refinement level
             level (5 6);
+
+            // Optional specification of patch type (default is wall). No
+            // constraint types (cyclic, symmetry) etc. are allowed.
+            patchInfo
+            {
+                type wall;
+                inGroups (motorBike);
+            }
         }
     }