function nodes2 = maskFEM(nodes,vel) a = []; b = []; c = []; ind = 1; for i=1:length(nodes) if vel(i)>0 a(ind) = nodes(i,1); b(ind) = nodes(i,2); c(ind) = nodes(i,3); ind = ind +1; end end nodes2 = [a', b', c'];