diff --git a/libsrc/interface/nginterface_v2.cpp b/libsrc/interface/nginterface_v2.cpp
index 10e8c498..3f7b001e 100644
--- a/libsrc/interface/nginterface_v2.cpp
+++ b/libsrc/interface/nginterface_v2.cpp
@@ -1326,11 +1326,14 @@ FlatArray<int>  Ngx_Mesh :: GetDistantProcs (int nodetype, int locnum) const
     switch (nodetype)
       {
       case 0:
-        return mesh->GetParallelTopology().GetDistantPNums(locnum);
+        // return mesh->GetParallelTopology().GetDistantPNums(locnum);
+        return mesh->GetParallelTopology().GetDistantProcs(locnum+PointIndex::BASE);
       case 1:
-        return mesh->GetParallelTopology().GetDistantEdgeNums(locnum);
+        // return mesh->GetParallelTopology().GetDistantEdgeNums(locnum);
+        return mesh->GetParallelTopology().GetDistantEdgeProcs(locnum);
       case 2:
-        return mesh->GetParallelTopology().GetDistantFaceNums(locnum);
+        // return mesh->GetParallelTopology().GetDistantFaceNums(locnum);
+        return mesh->GetParallelTopology().GetDistantFaceProcs(locnum);
       default:
 	return FlatArray<int>(0, nullptr);
       }
diff --git a/libsrc/meshing/meshtype.hpp b/libsrc/meshing/meshtype.hpp
index 0fb605d0..83a4dfd9 100644
--- a/libsrc/meshing/meshtype.hpp
+++ b/libsrc/meshing/meshtype.hpp
@@ -1190,6 +1190,7 @@ namespace netgen
 
   ostream & operator<< (ostream  & s, const FaceDescriptor & fd);
 
+  
  
   class EdgeDescriptor
   {
diff --git a/libsrc/meshing/paralleltop.hpp b/libsrc/meshing/paralleltop.hpp
index f6826328..b3e7c919 100644
--- a/libsrc/meshing/paralleltop.hpp
+++ b/libsrc/meshing/paralleltop.hpp
@@ -76,18 +76,19 @@ namespace netgen
     
     [[deprecated("Use L2G(pi) instead!")]]                
     void SetLoc2Glob_Vert   (int locnum, int globnum) { glob_vert[locnum-1] = globnum; }
-    [[deprecated("Try to avoid global enumration!")]]                
+    // [[deprecated("Try to avoid global enumration!")]]                
     void SetLoc2Glob_Edge   (int locnum, int globnum) { glob_edge[locnum-1] = globnum; }
-    [[deprecated("Try to avoid global enumration!")]]                
+    // [[deprecated("Try to avoid global enumration!")]]                
     void SetLoc2Glob_Face   (int locnum, int globnum) { glob_face[locnum-1] = globnum; }
-    [[deprecated("Try to avoid global enumration!")]]                
+    // [[deprecated("Try to avoid global enumration!")]]                
     void SetLoc2Glob_VolEl  (int locnum, int globnum) { glob_el[locnum-1] = globnum; }
-    [[deprecated("Try to avoid global enumration!")]]                
+    // [[deprecated("Try to avoid global enumration!")]]                
     void SetLoc2Glob_SurfEl (int locnum, int globnum) { glob_surfel[locnum-1] = globnum; }
-    [[deprecated("Try to avoid global enumration!")]]                
+    // [[deprecated("Try to avoid global enumration!")]]                
     void SetLoc2Glob_Segm   (int locnum, int globnum) { glob_segm[locnum-1] = globnum; }
 
-    int GetGlobalPNum    (int locnum) const { return glob_vert[locnum-1]; }
+    // [[deprecated("Try to avoid global enumration!")]]                    
+    int GetGlobalPNum    (PointIndex locnum) const { return glob_vert[locnum-PointIndex::BASE]; }
     [[deprecated("Try to avoid global enumration!")]]                
     int GetGlobalEdgeNum (int locnum) const { return glob_edge[locnum-1]; }
     [[deprecated("Try to avoid global enumration!")]]                
diff --git a/libsrc/occ/python_occ.cpp b/libsrc/occ/python_occ.cpp
index f13deb2e..e0b67031 100644
--- a/libsrc/occ/python_occ.cpp
+++ b/libsrc/occ/python_occ.cpp
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ DLL_HEADER void ExportNgOCC(py::module &m)
             return res;
          }, py::call_guard<py::gil_scoped_release>())
     .def("GenerateMesh", [](shared_ptr<OCCGeometry> geo,
-                            MeshingParameters* pars, py::kwargs kwargs)
+                            MeshingParameters* pars, NgMPI_Comm comm, py::kwargs kwargs)
                          {
                            MeshingParameters mp;
                            OCCParameters occparam;
@@ -264,14 +264,25 @@ DLL_HEADER void ExportNgOCC(py::module &m)
                            }
                            geo->SetOCCParameters(occparam);
                            auto mesh = make_shared<Mesh>();
+                           mesh->SetCommunicator(comm);
                            mesh->SetGeometry(geo);
-                           SetGlobalMesh(mesh);
-                           auto result = geo->GenerateMesh(mesh, mp);
-                           if(result != 0)
-                             throw Exception("Meshing failed!");
-                           ng_geometry = geo;
+
+                           if (comm.Rank()==0)
+                             {
+                               SetGlobalMesh(mesh);
+                               auto result = geo->GenerateMesh(mesh, mp);
+                               if(result != 0)
+                                 throw Exception("Meshing failed!");
+                               ng_geometry = geo;
+                               if (comm.Size() > 1)
+                                 mesh->Distribute();
+                             }
+                           else
+                             {
+                               mesh->SendRecvMesh();
+                             }
                            return mesh;
-                         }, py::arg("mp") = nullptr,
+                         }, py::arg("mp") = nullptr, py::arg("comm")=NgMPI_Comm{},
       py::call_guard<py::gil_scoped_release>(),
          (meshingparameter_description + occparameter_description).c_str())
     .def_property_readonly("shape", [](const OCCGeometry & self) { return self.GetShape(); })