# Import mesh from Gmsh

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**Category:** mesh\
**Created:** [August 19, 2023, 9:20pm UTC](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/import-mesh-from-gmsh/12002 "2023-08-19T21:20:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 19, 2023, 11:16pm UTC](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/import-mesh-from-gmsh/12002/2 "2023-08-19T23:16:23Z")

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> [@Ariel\_Lombardi](#):
>
> ```auto
> mesh2d = create_mesh(msh, "triangle")
> 
> ```

This only creates a meshio mesh, not a mesh for usage in legacy dolfin. You would have to save this mesh to xdmf and then reload it, as done in [Transitioning from mesh.xml to mesh.xdmf, from dolfin-convert to meshio - #176 by dokken](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/transitioning-from-mesh-xml-to-mesh-xdmf-from-dolfin-convert-to-meshio/412/176)

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