.. _free_nodes_page:

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Free nodes
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This mesh quality control highlights the nodes which are not connected to any  mesh element. 

.. image:: ../images/free_nodes.png
	:align: center

In this picture some nodes are not connected to any mesh element after deleting some elements and adding several isolated nodes.

**See also:** A sample TUI Script of a :ref:`tui_free_nodes` filter.