              quadMesh  = false;
                if (nLinNodes == 6) || (nLinNodes == 8)
                    nLinNodes = nLinNodes / 2;
                    quadMesh  = true;
                end

                % Get the number of edges of the element
                nEdges = nLinNodes;
            
                % Get the coordinates of the element
                cX = [this.NODE(this.ELEM{el}(1:nLinNodes),1); this.NODE(this.ELEM{el}(1),1)];
                cY = [this.NODE(this.ELEM{el}(1:nLinNodes),2); 