# Gmsh mesher : midside nodes in curved geometry

**URL:** <https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/gmsh-mesher-midside-nodes-in-curved-geometry/1236>\
**Category:** General Questions\
**Created:** [November 10, 2023, 12:48pm UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/gmsh-mesher-midside-nodes-in-curved-geometry/1236 "2023-11-10T12:48:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![synt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/prepomax.discourse.group/synt/32/4658_2.png) [@synt](https://prepomax.discourse.group/u/synt)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2023, 12:48pm UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/gmsh-mesher-midside-nodes-in-curved-geometry/1236/1 "2023-11-10T12:48:41Z")

</div>

hi,

i’m encounter a problem in second order setting of Gmsh mesher, it seems the midside nodes of element did not follow the curved geometry. Not really sure and know, is this the limitation of the mesher itself or not. If so, probably a further processing as i discussed [before](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/fit-node-on-curved-geometry/34) about fit to the geometry is required.

regards,

 ![2023-11-10 19_33_25-PrePoMax v1.5.2 dev C__Users_user_Documents_test1forum.pmx](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/prepomax/original/2X/4/4df9053e3aa8c66b1ea8088aebe337ac6889ad5b.png)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Matej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@Matej](https://prepomax.discourse.group/u/Matej)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2023, 1:38pm UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/gmsh-mesher-midside-nodes-in-curved-geometry/1236/2 "2023-11-10T13:38:31Z")

</div>

In the mesh settings, you should turn on the setting for the midside nodes on geometry.

![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/prepomax/original/2X/0/0363d9fb498f6b19424421caef9df9e7b55a72e6.png)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![synt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/prepomax.discourse.group/synt/32/4658_2.png) [@synt](https://prepomax.discourse.group/u/synt)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/gmsh-mesher-midside-nodes-in-curved-geometry/1236/3 "2023-11-10T14:29:28Z")

</div>

global mesh setting of basic and advanced options in Gmsh mesher is fairly new, previously i miss to set properly. Thank you, now it’s working as expected. Fortunately, midside nodes can follow geometry, and probably it can be fit to any curve including ellipse and complex splines.

 ![2023-11-10 21_19_01-](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/prepomax/original/2X/9/990dfecec77a60baf38a8186d04d86d62253d77d.png)