# Importing 3-dimensional P2 elements

**URL:** https://community.freefem.org/t/importing-3-dimensional-p2-elements/2139
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [November 23, 2022, 12:44pm UTC](https://community.freefem.org/t/importing-3-dimensional-p2-elements/2139 "2022-11-23T12:44:11Z")
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### Author: ![danmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@danmo](https://community.freefem.org/u/danmo)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2022, 12:44pm UTC](https://community.freefem.org/t/importing-3-dimensional-p2-elements/2139/1 "2022-11-23T12:44:11Z")

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Dear all,

I want to import 3-D second-order (P2) elements to FreeFEM. I tried this using both Gmsh and SALOME but for some reason it does not work.  
It works perfectly fine when I import 1-st order (P1) elements but once I change the mesh to 2-nd order (P2), then FreeFEM has problem reading the mesh.

Does anyone have a suggestion on this?

Thank you !